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School Meals: Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to a) improve the nutritional quality of school meals and b) increase the use of British produced food and ingredients in schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
10 Feb 2026
Target answer date
12 Feb 2026
Answer
2 Mar 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to a) improve the nutritional quality of school meals and b) increase the use of British produced food and ingredients in schools.

  2. 12 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The department aims to revise the School Food Standards and is engaging with stakeholders, including academics and nutrition professionals, to ensure they support our work to create the healthiest generation of children in history.Schools are responsible ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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