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School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme

Volume 463: debated on Tuesday 24 July 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the long-term effects of the school free fruit and vegetable programme. (151064)

An initial evaluation of the school fruit and vegetable scheme was carried out in November 2004. At that stage the children who participated in the evaluation had only been receiving free fruit and vegetables since June 2004. The results provided a useful insight into the initial impact of the scheme but it was recognised that further work would need to be undertaken to measure the impact of the scheme over a longer period. In 2006 we commissioned a further evaluation of the school fruit and vegetable scheme. The report of the further evaluation will be published shortly.