Question follow-through · 121632
Schools: Processed Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a maximum five per cent threshold for ultra-processed foods (Nova Group 4) in the updated School Food Standards.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 7 Apr 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a maximum five per cent threshold for ultra-processed foods (Nova Group 4) in the updated School Food Standards.
19 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition has considered the impact of processed foods on health in 2023 and 2025, and recommends that on balance, most people are likely to benefit from reducing their consumption of processed foods high in energy, sa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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