§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) who will fund the initiative by the Food Standards Agency to set up inspection teams for food-related activities in schools; [127723]
(2) how many inspection teams are to be set up under the initiative by the Food Standards Agency for food-related activities in schools; [127724]
(3) what the terms of reference will be for the inspection teams that are set up under the initiative by the Food Standards Agency for food-related activities in schools; [127725]
(4) how many nutritionists will be on each inspection team set up under the initiative by the Food Standards Agency for food-related activities in schools; [127726]
(5) what food-related activities are to be inspected under the initiative by the Food Standards Agency to set up inspection teams for food-related activities in schools. [127727]
§ Mr. MilibandThe Department for Education and Skills and the Food Standards Agency will jointly and equally fund an exercise that will aim to look at best practice in the whole school approach to food and nutrition.
The exercise will involve five teams, each consisting of one OFSTED inspector and one nutritionist and will take place in a small illustrative sample of primary schools and early years' settings in England. The exercise will consider activities such as breakfast clubs, tuck shops, school lunches, vending machines, the taught curriculum, after-school cookery, or growing, clubs and water provision.
In total three or four nutritionists will be commissioned for the initiative and will work in one or more of the five inspection teams. Each one will accompany an OFSTED inspector on each school visit.