Question follow-through · 23608

Food: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of offering updated dietary guidance to schools, hospitals and other public institutions, and ceasing to use the Eatwell Plate.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
11 Sept 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of offering updated dietary guidance to schools, hospitals and other public institutions, and ceasing to use the Eatwell Plate.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 23 June in response to Question 9942.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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