Question reference: S6W-05616
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 10 January 2022
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 14 January 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04648 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 December 2021, whether milk will be provided free of charge to pupils under the new scheme, or whether it will be subsidised by the Scottish Government.
Answer
We are working with local authority partners to develop a fully funded free school milk scheme for primary age pupils as well as a free school milk scheme pilot for secondary age young people. Existing subsidy arrangements will continue for another year to ensure that local authorities can continue to access subsidy towards their local school milk schemes while the new scheme is being developed.