Question follow-through · 14559
School Meals: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of ingredient costs on local authority school catering services; and what steps her Department is taking to help support local authorities to work
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of ingredient costs on local authority school catering services; and what steps her Department is taking to help support local authorities to work
7 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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7 Jul 2026
Answer published
The department recognises the pressures that some schools and suppliers may be facing due to rising costs. We are working closely with the school food sector to understand the wider school food system to support the delivery of the free school meals expan...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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