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School Meals: Standards

Asked by Fabian HamiltonLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 2 July 2026UIN 13456

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools, parents and pupils have clear information on whether schools are meeting the School Food Standards once the updated standards are introduced.

Answered by Olivia Bailey

Compliance with the School Food Standards is mandatory for maintained schools, academies and free schools.

The department is strengthening accountability by making school food more transparent to parents and the community, and by proposing a named lead governor responsible for holding leadership to account where standards are not met.

The department is working with a range of stakeholders on appropriate standards of accountability as we develop the final standards.

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