Question follow-through · 51235

National School Breakfast Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review the per-meal funding for schools participating in the National School Breakfast Programme.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
9 May 2025
Target answer date
13 May 2025
Answer
19 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review the per-meal funding for schools participating in the National School Breakfast Programme.

  2. 13 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 May 2025

    Answer published

    The National School Breakfast Programme (NSBP), introduced by the last government, funds only school food standards-compliant breakfast food and delivery costs. Schools receive a 75% subsidy from the government and must themselves cover the costs of the r...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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