Question follow-through · 47972
Schools: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of halal food served in schools.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 24 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 27 May 2025 · 33 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
24 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of halal food served in schools.
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 May 2025
Answer published
The department does not collect information on the proportion of halal food served in schools.The government sets out required minimum standards for school food in the School Food Standards. The standards do not specify food requirements in terms of cultu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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