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.

answeredDepartment for Education

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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

  1. 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. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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...

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