| Heading: |
School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme |
| Question ID: |
1805755 |
| UIN: |
54522 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5285 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Katie Lam
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Katie Lam
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of food under the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme is procured from British farms. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-05 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4981 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Ashley Dalton
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| Answering Member handle: |
AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answer text: |
The School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme sources the fruit and vegetables used by the scheme from a number of different countries. 18.9% of the produce used by the scheme is sourced from the United Kingdom, and this is the highest proportion of any country s... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |