Question follow-through · 105648
School Meals: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to launch the consultation on updating school food standards.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Education and skills
- Free School Meals: Eligibility · 27 Jan 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to launch the consultation on updating school food standards.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2026
Answer published
The department aims to revise the school food standards and is engaging with stakeholders to ensure they support our work to create the healthiest generation of children in history. We intend to consult on these revisions and further details on timings wi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Free School Meals: Eligibility
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reviewing the No Recourse to Public Funds income thresholds to ensure equity of eligibility for all children when expanding access to the free school meal
Students: Grants
5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether regional cost-of-living variations will be factored into proposed maintenance grant calculations.