Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in updating their School Food Standards to reduce sugar consumption, as set out in their childhood obesity plan for action, published in June 2018.

We are working with Public Health England to update the School Food Standards in relation to sugar and fibre.

On 7 May and 6 November 2019, we brought together an advisory group comprising of key stakeholders in the food, nutrition and health sectors. These stakeholders hold a wide breadth of knowledge and expertise in relation to school food. This was to discuss the proposed updates to the standards; we are considering those views and the next steps.

We will release more information on our plans for the update shortly.