Question follow-through · 43383
School Milk
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure schools fulfil their legal obligations under school food standards to provide free milk for students with their free school (a) breakfast and (b) meal.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 1 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 10 Apr 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
1 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure schools fulfil their legal obligations under school food standards to provide free milk for students with their free school (a) breakfast and (b) meal.
3 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Apr 2025
Answer published
Under the School Food Standards, schools must ensure milk is available to all pupils who want it during school hours, which includes any time during a school session or a break between sessions. Section 512ZB (3) of the Education Act 1996 sets out the req...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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