Question follow-through · 54522

School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of food under the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme is procured from British farms.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
22 May 2025
Target answer date
2 Jun 2025
Answer
5 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of food under the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme is procured from British farms.

  2. 2 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme sources the fruit and vegetables used by the scheme from a number of different countries. 18.9% of the produce used by the scheme is sourced from the United Kingdom, and this is the highest proportion of any country s...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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