Number of meals served in schools
Dear Department for Education,
Please provide data on the number of meals served in schools in UK.
Please can you provide a break down for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as whole UK figures.
The data should cover all state schools including:
Local authority/Community schools
Foundation/Voluntary schools
Academies
Grammar Schools
SEN schools
State-boarding schools
If possible can the data be broken down to show meals served in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the UK as a whole.
If the DfE does not hold data on certain types of schools, please can you indicate which types of schools your response covers and who would hold the data for the types your response does not cover.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Banahan
The Vegan Society
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Dear Department for Education,
To clarify, the "number of meals served" in the request relates to annual figures.
Apologies for not stating this in the original email.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Banahan
The Vegan Society
Thank you for contacting the Department for Education, you will usually
receive a reply within 15 working days.
You can find out how the department processes your personal information by
reading our [1]Privacy Notice.
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Dear Mr Banahan,
Thank you for your request for information, which was received on 19
December 2018. You requested:
“Dear Department for Education,
Please provide data on the number of meals served in schools in UK.
Please can you provide a break down for England, Wales, Scotland and
Northern Ireland as well as whole UK figures.
The data should cover all state schools including:
Local authority/Community schools
Foundation/Voluntary schools
Academies
Grammar Schools
SEN schools
State-boarding schools
If possible can the data be broken down to show meals served in England,
Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the UK as a whole.
If the DfE does not hold data on certain types of schools, please can you
indicate which types of schools your response covers and who would hold
the data for the types your response does not cover.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Banahan
The Vegan Society”
I have dealt with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We do not hold the information for your request, as the Department for
Education does not collect data on the breakdown of the number of meals
served in schools in the UK.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you should
make a complaint to the Department by writing to me within two calendar
months of the date of this letter. Your complaint will be considered by
an independent review panel, which were not involved in the original
consideration of your request.
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint to the
Department, you may then contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Yours sincerely,
Childhood Obesity and School Food team
Department for Education
Sanctuary Buildings
20 Great Smith Street
Westminster
London
SW1P 3BT
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