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Health: Screening

Question for Department for Education

UIN HL1198, tabled on 7 October 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans do they have to address "holiday hunger" after the Holidays Activities and Food Programme ends in March 2025.

Answered on

15 March 2024

Health education is mandated from key stages one to four. One of its overarching objectives is teaching pupils about physical health and mental wellbeing, to give them the information that they need to make good decisions about their own health and wellbeing. This should enable them to recognise what is normal and what is an issue in themselves, and when issues arise, how to seek support as early as possible from appropriate sources.