Question follow-through · 85090
Schools: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the proportion of food served in state schools in England that is sourced from British (a) farms and (b) other food producers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 27 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 15 Dec 2025 · 49 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the proportion of food served in state schools in England that is sourced from British (a) farms and (b) other food producers.
29 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Dec 2025
Answer published
Schools are responsible for their school meals service and how and where they choose to buy their produce. We encourage schools to provide a wide range of foods using fresh, sustainable locally sourced, seasonal ingredients including produce from the scho...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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