Question follow-through · 31689

Free School Meals: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the nutritional value of breakfast meals provided by primary schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
24 Feb 2025
Answer
28 Feb 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the nutritional value of breakfast meals provided by primary schools.

  2. 24 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The department is committed to delivering on our pledge to provide free breakfast clubs in every state-funded school with primary-aged children, starting with more than 750 early adopter schools from April 2025.The School Food Standards statutory guidance...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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