Department for Education written question – answered at on 20 May 2025.
James MacCleary
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Europe)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that schools participating in the breakfast club programme can provide adequately nutritious free school meals within the allocated budget.
Stephen Morgan
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education
The department is funding 750 early adopter schools to provide access to a free, universal breakfast club lasting at least 30 minutes. Early adopter schools receive a combination of set up, fixed term and per pupil payments to cover food costs, staffing and delivery. Funding rates vary depending on uptake and pupil characteristics.
A key aim of the early adopter programme is to test and learn about take up across a diverse range of schools, to help inform future national rollout.
All food served within breakfast clubs must comply with the school food standards. To assist early adopter schools in choosing a healthy breakfast offer for their pupils, the department has produced additional guidance containing nutritious breakfast examples.
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