FOI release

FOI Request - Food Procurement

Case reference FOI2026/01677

Received 23 October 2026

Published 26 October 2026

Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please could you provide the following for the most recent completed financial year for which the information is available: 1. The total amount spent by your Council on the purchase of food and food products. 2. Of this total, how much was paid to businesses or suppliers based in your local authority area/district. 3. If the Council records whether food or food products were produced in your local authority area/district, please also provide the total amount spent on products produced in this local authority area/district. I am interested in food purchased for all Council services, including schools, adult social care and other directly provided services. I am not requesting details of individual contracts or suppliers.

Response

1.       The total amount spent by your Council on the purchase of food and food products.

The Council spends very little on food and catering. There is nothing provided for Council meetings. There are small amounts paid for sandwiches for lunchtime meetings but we do not hold them separately in our accounts because they are trivial.

 Any larger amounts can be seen in our Transparency on Spend. Purchasing Card payments are provided irrespective of size.

 https://tunbridgewells.gov.uk/council/freedom-of-information-and-transparency/transparency-on-spend/payments-over-250?root_node_selection=534161&search_page_371830_submit_button=Search


2.       Of this total, how much was paid to businesses or suppliers based in your local authority area/district. Information not held.


3.       If the Council records whether food or food products were produced in your local authority area/district, please also provide the total amount spent on products produced in this local authority area/district. Information not held.


I am interested in food purchased for all Council services, including schools, adult social care and other directly provided services.

The Council does not manage schools or adult social care and therefore has no large food catering contracts. You may wish to contact Kent County Council for this information.

Documents

There are no documents for this release.

This is Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.