To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what changes there have been to the consumption of (a) chips, (b) burgers and (c) high fat foods in schools since 2004. (152299)

New food-based nutritional standards were introduced in September 2006 for school lunches and similar standards will apply to other school food from September 2007. Nutrient-based standards will be introduced for school lunches in September 2008 for primary schools and September 2009 for secondary schools.

These standards require that no more than two deep fried foods can be served in any single week. That includes deep-fried chips and oven-baked products which have been deep-fried as part of the manufacturing process, Limits have also been placed on the serving of meat products which mean that burgers can be served only once every two weeks. The nutrient-based standards will place limits on the levels of fat that can be served as part of a school lunch.