School Meals: Weather
Commons · Question 17789 · Tabled 10 Jul 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Layla Moran
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the number of schools that stop offering hot meals to children during heatwaves.
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 17 Jul 2026
The department has not made an assessment of the number of schools that stop offering hot meals during periods of hot weather.Beyond the School Food Standards, decisions about catering arrangements are a matter for individual schools and their catering pr...