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Pupils: Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) tackle obesity and (b) encourage healthy eating in schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
13 May 2025
Target answer date
15 May 2025
Answer
21 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) tackle obesity and (b) encourage healthy eating in schools.

  2. 15 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 May 2025

    Answer published

    Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.We are committed to raising the healthiest generation ever and the department encourages schools to have a whole school approach to healthy eating. The national cur...

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