HC Deb 26 March 2002 vol 382 c910W
Joyce Quin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the free fruit scheme in schools. [43742]

Yvette Cooper

The National School Fruit Scheme will entitle every four to six year old with a free piece of fruit each school day from 2004. £42 million from the New Opportunities Fund is enabling the rapid expansion of the Scheme across England. This starts in West Midlands next term reaching 250,000 children in over 2,000 schools.

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