{"value":{"id":657142,"askingMemberId":1521,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2016-12-12T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2016-12-14T00:00:00","uin":"57090","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings (a) officials and Ministers from his Department and (b) Public Health England officials have had with the Children's Food Trust on revising menus for early years settings.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4019,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2016-12-16T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>In June 2016, Public Health England (PHE) commissioned the Children’s Food Trust (CFT) to develop a series of menus for early years settings in England. Good progress has been made and it is anticipated that the menus will be delivered to PHE by the end of December 2016 for final consideration. The Government plans to publish the menus and run an accompanying awareness campaign in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>An External Reference Group was convened to inform the development of menus, comprising representatives from early years providers and the health sector, and relevant expert bodies. The CFT are providing the Secretariat to this group. This group met five times between June and December 2016. Officials from PHE and the Department attended these meetings. In addition a number of informal meetings between the CFT and PHE officials also took place between June and December to help facilitate the process.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"School Meals: Pre-school Education","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/657142","method":"GET"}]}