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School Meals: Meat

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools on the (a) sourcing of stunned and non stunned meats for school diners and (b) the labelling of meat based on methods of slaughter for school diners.

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 30 Jun 2026
Target answer date: 2 Jul 2026
Answer: 8 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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30 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools on the (a) sourcing of stunned and non stunned meats for school diners and (b) the labelling of meat based on methods of slaughter for school diners.
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2026
Answer published
The School Food Standards set the mandatory nutritional framework for food and drink provided in state‑funded schools in England. Schools are responsible for the provision of school meals, including the sourcing of ingredients, and can choose how best to ...

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