Question follow-through · 93214
School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Department has conducted or plans to conduct an equality impact assessment to examine the impact of universal school meal programmes on pupils with religious dietary requirements.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 20 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 5 Dec 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Department has conducted or plans to conduct an equality impact assessment to examine the impact of universal school meal programmes on pupils with religious dietary requirements.
27 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Dec 2025
Answer published
The government sets out required minimum standards for school food in the school food standards to ensure that children are served healthy, nutritious meals at school. The standards do not specify food requirements in terms of cultural and religious needs...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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