Oral QuestionDepartment for Education

“What steps her Department is taking to improve the nutritional standards of school food.”

Tabled: 16 June 2026Answered: 22 June 2026

Asked by

Jim Dickson

Labour — Dartford

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Education

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Olivia Bailey)

I am delighted to see the enthusiasm for our reforms to school food. We want children to enjoy eating tasty, healthy food at school. That is why we are updating school food standards for the first time in a decade and putting young people’s voices at the heart of our plans. We will publish the new standards in September alongside our record expansion of free school meals, driving down poverty and delivering a revolution in school food.