Member

Amendment 187A, tabled by my noble friend Lord Watson, seeks to require the collection and publication of data on breakfast clubs. My noble friend and others are absolutely right to emphasise the need for monitoring and reporting on the impact of the new breakfast clubs. The nature and level of monitoring and reporting required will naturally vary over time as delivery of free breakfast clubs becomes embedded in schools, but we will absolutely be collecting and publishing data from schools on breakfast clubs as we test and learn, as we roll out nationally and beyond. We already have powers to collect a range of data from schools. Particularly for the early adopters, we will regularly monitor pupil take-up of free breakfast clubs, barriers to implementation and perceived outcomes, and gather data for assessment of impact on pupils, including on their well-being. I hope that reassures my noble friend that we are taking very seriously the need to collect data, to monitor and to report, including on outcomes, as well as on the process of setting up breakfast clubs.