AQW 24406/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what percentage of the Northern Ireland population is currently fed by the local food processing sector.
Asked by John Blair MLA on 15 October 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 15 October 2021
- Answer due by
- 1 November 2021
- Answered
- 25 October 202110 days after tabling
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Department does not hold the statistics required to indicate what percentage of the Northern Ireland population is fed by the local food processing sector.
However, the gross turnover of the Northern Ireland food processing sector, in 2019, was £4.9bn of which £1.0bn (21%) was sold within Northern Ireland.