Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 28848

Health Education: Food and Nutrition

Tabled: 4 February 2025

Answered: 12 February 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to improve education on food and nutrition in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

The department is supporting schools in a number of ways to provide high-quality food and nutrition education for their students.Nutrition education is a discrete strand of the national curriculum for design and technology and is compulsory for key stages...

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