Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to review and update school food standards.

The School Food Standards, where they apply, provide the legislative framework to ensure schools provide pupils with healthy food and drink options. In Childhood obesity: a plan for action, published in August 2016, we indicated that we will update the standards in light of refreshed government dietary recommendations, and we have committed to reviewing the standards to align with the latest scientific advice on sugar.

We are in the process of confirming the timelines for this piece of work and further information will be available in due course.