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Schools: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the procurement of sustainable local food for school meals.

answeredDr Ellie ChownsDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
21 Oct 2024
Answer
23 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the procurement of sustainable local food for school meals.

  2. 21 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Oct 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. The School Food Standards regulate the food and drink provided at lunchtime and at other times of the scho...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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