Schools: Food

Department for Education written question – answered at on 10 February 2020.

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Photo of Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Labour

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in updating their School Food Standards to reduce sugar consumption, as set out in their childhood obesity plan for action, published in June 2018.

Photo of Lord Agnew of Oulton Lord Agnew of Oulton The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education

We are working with Public Health England to update the School Food Standards in relation to sugar and fibre.

On 7 May and 6 November 2019, we brought together an advisory group comprising of key stakeholders in the food, nutrition and health sectors. These stakeholders hold a wide breadth of knowledge and expertise in relation to school food. This was to discuss the proposed updates to the standards; we are considering those views and the next steps.

We will release more information on our plans for the update shortly.

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