Question follow-through · 108948
School Meals: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role local authorities will play in monitoring compliance with planned updated school food standards.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 27 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 2 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role local authorities will play in monitoring compliance with planned updated school food standards.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Feb 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 want to gather a broad spectrum of perspectives. To achieve this, we in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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