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School Food Standards Update

The Department for Education and Office for Health Improvement and Disparities are updating the legislative framework governing nutritional standards for food provided in schools, including breakfast provision and support for pupils with medical dietary conditions. The policy addresses barriers to compliance with existing standards and considers the financial sustainability of schools amid rising food costs. This is an active policy area with recent focus on physical activity requirements and cost pressures on school meal delivery.

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2026

20 events
29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the report by Magic Breakfast, Root causes of child morning hunger, published on 9 March, in particular the conclusion

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the report by Magic Breakfast, Root causes of child morning hunger, published on 9 March, in particular the conclusions on the impact of morning hunger on …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of barriers to compliance with school food standards in school breakfast provision; and what steps they are taking as part of the free br

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of barriers to compliance with school food standards in school breakfast provision; and what steps they are taking as part of the free breakfast club rollout to ensure equitable access …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the introduction of School Sports Partnerships and the new Enrichment Framework is supported by sus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the introduction of School Sports Partnerships and the new Enrichment Framework is supported by sustained levels of funding.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children receive a minimum of two hours of high-quality physical education per week, and are supported t

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children receive a minimum of two hours of high-quality physical education per week, and are supported to be physically active for at least …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the introduction of School Sport Partnerships and the new Enrichment Framework is supported by adequate

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the introduction of School Sport Partnerships and the new Enrichment Framework is supported by adequate levels of funding.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that children receive a minimum of two hours of high-quality physical education per week; and are suppor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that children receive a minimum of two hours of high-quality physical education per week; and are supported to be physically active for at …

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28 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of expanding secondary school breakfast provision in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) Eng

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of expanding secondary school breakfast provision in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) England.

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28 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of local authorities piloting community eligibility, or open access, for the Holiday Activities

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of local authorities piloting community eligibility, or open access, for the Holiday Activities and Food programme in more deprived areas.

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27 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the benefits of tennis-focused teaching as part of PE and sport provision; and what steps is she taking to support t

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the benefits of tennis-focused teaching as part of PE and sport provision; and what steps is she taking to support tennis education in schools.

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2025

3 events
5 Jun 2025 | Announcement Department for Education linked

School Food

UIN: HCWS682 This Government is today taking another step to delivering our Plan for Change as we announce that all children in households in receipt of Universal Credit will be eligible for free school meals from September 2026. This unprecedented …

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5 Jun 2025 | Announcement Department for Education linked

School Food

UIN: HLWS681 Today my Honourable Friend, the Minister for Early Education (Stephen Morgan) has made the following statement:This Government is today taking another step to delivering our Plan for Change as we announce that all children in households in receipt …

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2024

5 events
27 Nov 2024 | Announcement Department for Education linked

Breakfast Club Early Adopters

UIN: HLWS253 My Honourable Friend, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister for Early Education (Stephen Morgan), has made the following statement.This government believes that every child deserves access to a brilliant education, including the opportunity to h...

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27 Nov 2024 | Announcement Department for Education linked

Breakfast Club Early Adopters

UIN: HCWS256 This government believes that every child deserves access to a brilliant education, including the opportunity to have a supportive start to the school day. That is why the government made a manifesto commitment to introduce free breakfast clubs …

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19 Feb 2024 | Announcement Department for Education linked

School Standards Update

UIN: HCWS260 Today, the Department for Education published new guidance to ban the use of mobile phones in schools. This guidance provides advice to school leaders on how to develop, implement and maintain a policy that prohibits the use of …

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19 Feb 2024 | Announcement Department for Education linked

School Standards Update

UIN: HLWS255 My Right Honourable Friend, The Secretary of State for Education (Gillian Keegan), has made the following statement.Today, the Department for Education published new guidance to ban the use of mobile phones in schools. This guidance provides advice to …

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2023

10 events
23 Nov 2023 | Consultation (closed) Office for Health Improvement and Disparities linked

Updating labelling guidance for no and low-alcohol alternatives — consultation closed

A consultation seeking your views on potential changes to the government’s guidance on low-alcohol descriptors.

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+2 more
↓ Potential health impacts of changing the alcohol free descr… ↓ Updating labelling guidance for no and low-alcohol alternat… (16pp)
24 Oct 2023 | Announcement Department for Education linked

Schools Update

UIN: HLWS1075 My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Education (Gillian Keegan MP), has made the following statement:Earlier this year, I wrote to schools to set out that schools can and should share curriculum materials with parents, in …

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28 Sep 2023 | Consultation (closed) Office for Health Improvement and Disparities linked

Updating labelling guidance for no and low-alcohol alternatives — consultation opened

A consultation seeking your views on potential changes to the government’s guidance on low-alcohol descriptors.

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+2 more
↓ Potential health impacts of changing the alcohol free descr… ↓ Updating labelling guidance for no and low-alcohol alternat… (16pp)
19 Jul 2023 | Announcement Department for Education linked

PE and School Sport

UIN: HCWS975 Today the Government is publishing an update to the School Sport and Activity Action Plan to set out the next steps on a range of policies relating to increasing the amount of PE, sport and physical activity in …

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19 Jul 2023 | Announcement Department for Education linked

PE and School Sport

UIN: HLWS961 My Right Honourable friend, the Minister of State for Schools (Nick Gibb) has made the following statement.Today the Government is publishing an update to the School Sport and Activity Action Plan to set out the next steps on …

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4 Jul 2023 | Consultation outcome Office for Health Improvement and Disparities linked

Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years: draft SACN report — outcome published

We are seeking scientific comments on SACN’s draft report ‘Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years’.

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+6 more
↓ Summary of draft report: Feeding young children aged 1 to 5… ↓ Consultation response form ↓ Draft report: Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years (357pp) ↓ Annexes to draft report (619pp) ↓ Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years - SACN's consultat… (155pp) ↓ Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years - consultation com…
20 Jan 2023 | Announcement Department for Education linked

Defibrillators in schools

UIN: HCWS506 My Noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System and Student Finance (Baroness Barran) has made the following statement.The Department for Education (DfE) has announced that the first deliveries of defibrillators to state-f...

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2022

6 events
16 Sep 2022 | Consultation outcome Office for Health Improvement and Disparities linked

Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years: draft SACN report — consultation closed

We are seeking scientific comments on SACN’s draft report ‘Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years’.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Consultation invitation: draft report on feedin…
+6 more
↓ Summary of draft report: Feeding young children aged 1 to 5… ↓ Consultation response form ↓ Draft report: Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years (357pp) ↓ Annexes to draft report (619pp) ↓ Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years - SACN's consultat… (155pp) ↓ Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years - consultation com…
20 Jul 2022 | Consultation outcome Office for Health Improvement and Disparities linked

Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years: draft SACN report — consultation opened

We are seeking scientific comments on SACN’s draft report ‘Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years’.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Consultation invitation: draft report on feedin…
+6 more
↓ Summary of draft report: Feeding young children aged 1 to 5… ↓ Consultation response form ↓ Draft report: Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years (357pp) ↓ Annexes to draft report (619pp) ↓ Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years - SACN's consultat… (155pp) ↓ Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years - consultation com…
5 Jul 2022 | Announcement Department for Education linked

Education Update

UIN: HLWS177 My Honourable Friend, The Minister of State for School Standards (Robin Walker), has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Key Stage 2 (KS2) national statistics released today show that the percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard...

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21 Apr 2022 | Announcement Department for Education linked

Education Update

UIN: HLWS754 Mr Honourable Friend The Minister of State for School Standards (Mr Robin Walker) has made the following statement.As the House will be aware, at COP26 the Department for Education launched its Draft Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy for …

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24 Mar 2022 | Announcement Department for Education linked

Update on Children with No Recourse to Public Funds

UIN: HCWS714 Today I am providing an update following a programme of work undertaken by my officials, to consider access to Free School Meals and the two-year-old early education entitlement for children from families with no recourse to public funds.As …

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14 Mar 2022 | Announcement Department for Education linked

Education Update

UIN: HLWS660 My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for School Standards (Robin Walker) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today, I am providing an update to the House on three elements of this government’s work to enable every child …

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2021

2 events
19 Nov 2021 | Announcement Department for Education linked

School Uniform Update

UIN: HCWS405 The Department for Education will today publish statutory guidance on the Cost of School Uniforms. This guidance is issued under the Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Act 2021. This Act requires the appropriate authorities of relevant …

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19 Nov 2021 | Announcement Department for Education linked

School Uniform Update

UIN: HLWS391 My right honourable friend The Secretary of State for Education (Nadhim Zahawi) has made the following statement.The Department for Education will today publish statutory guidance on the Cost of School Uniforms. This guidance is issued under the Education...

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2020

3 events
15 Dec 2020 | Announcement Department for Education linked

Education Updates

UIN: HLWS650 My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Gavin Williamson) has made the following written ministerial statement.As a government we have made it a national priority that education and childcare settings should continue to operate as...

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12 Oct 2020 | Announcement Department for Education linked

Schools Update

UIN: HLWS494 My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Gavin Williamson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.This government has always made the education of young people a priority. We are determined to make sure that when …

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16 Jan 2020 | Bill stage linked

School Holiday Open Days Bill [HL]

First Reading 11:50:00 A Bill to provide for a duty on schools to run open days during school holidays and for free school meals to be provided for eligible pupils at the open days. The Bill was introduced by Baroness …

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2018

3 events

2017

1 event

2016

2 events

2015

1 event