FOI Vegan Meals in Custody (0710-2022/23)

Request

Could you please provide me with a list of each of the vegan meals purchased in the 2022/23 financial year, including what the meal contained and where it was purchased from?

Response

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.

The vegan meals purchased fo the 2022/23 financial year to 18 October 2022 are listed below;

Vegan Lasagne x 11

Vegan Breakfast which consists of baked beans and potato wedges x 3

The meals are purchased from BidFood – please note that although the above meals are marked as vegan there were also other orders of foods such as pilau rice and porridge oats which although ‘may’ be vegan, are not specifically marked as such and have not been included.

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.