Question follow-through · 1944

Schools: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will support food growing schemes in schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
26 Jul 2024
Target answer date
30 Jul 2024
Answer
5 Aug 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will support food growing schemes in schools.

  2. 30 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Aug 2024

    Answer published

    It is important that children eat nutritious food at school and the department encourages schools to have a whole school approach to healthy eating.Having a school garden or setting up a gardening club are some of the ways schools can achieve this approac...

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