Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues to schools on ensuring that food provided at breakfast clubs and after school clubs is healthy and nutritious.

The new school food standards which came into effect on 1 January 2015 define the foods and drinks that must be provided to pupils, those which are restricted, and those which must not be provided at all. They apply to all food and drink provided on and off school premises during an extended school day up to 6pm, including school trips, breakfast clubs, tuck shops, mid-morning break, vending machines and after school clubs.

Full details of permitted foods are available in the school food regulations at:

www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1603/contents/made

Departmental advice is available at:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/standards-for-school-food-in-england