Sustainable Development Goals in the UK follow up: Hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity in the UK

Contents

Terms of reference

Summary

1 Introduction

The Sustainable Development Goals

SDGs in the UK

Sustainable Development Goal

Our inquiry

2 Hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in the UK

Scale of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in the UK

Hunger

Food insecurity

Malnutrition and obesity

Causes of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in the UK

Low income and rising living costs

Universal Credit and the benefits system

Cuts to funding for local services

Civil society’s response

The Government’s response

Conclusions and Recommendations

3 The Sustainable Development Goals in the UK

Implementation of the SDGs

Single Departmental Plans

Departmental Annual Reports and Accounts

Leadership

Prioritisation

Measuring the SDGs

Awareness of the SDGs

Role of the National Curriculum

Awareness of the Goals in wider society

The Voluntary National Review

Conducting the VNR

Stakeholder engagement

Raising Awareness

Conclusions and Recommendations

Conclusions and recommendations

Appendices

Appendix 1: List of the Sustainable Development Goals

Appendix 2: Outreach events

Formal minutes

Witnesses

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament




Published: 10 January 2019