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School Milk

Asked by Mr Tanmanjeet Singh DhesiLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 25 November 2025UIN 92169

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve awareness of milk entitlement schemes among schools.

Answered by Olivia Bailey

Milk is an excellent food for children’s growth and development. To help schools understand the milk entitlement schemes available to them, departmental advice is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standards-for-school-food-in-england/school-food-in-england. This includes links to the guidance on the school milk subsidy scheme and the nursery milk scheme.

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