Correspondence

School responsibilities around school food: a letter to schools

A letter from Nadhim Zahawi, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families, highlighting issues raised by the Children’s Future Food Inquiry.

• From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi
• Published: 7 June 2019

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

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School responsibilities around school food: a letter to all schools

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This letter for all schools draws their attention to the report from the Children’s Future Food Inquiry, which explored the food situation of disadvantaged children across the UK.

The letter highlights the following issues which were raised in the report, and encourages schools to consider whether they are doing all they can in these areas:

• a positive lunchtime experience
• avoiding stigma about entitlement to free school meals
• access to free drinking water

Published 7 June 2019