Question follow-through · 61058

Dairy Products and Meat: School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the requirement for schools to serve (a) meat and (b) dairy products to children.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
18 Jun 2025
Target answer date
20 Jun 2025
Answer
24 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the requirement for schools to serve (a) meat and (b) dairy products to children.

  2. 20 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Secretary of State has had no discussions with stakeholders on the requirements for schools to serve meat and dairy products to children, which is a matter for the Department for Education together with the Department of Health and Social Care. To ens...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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