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<p>The Government encourages consumption of dairy products as part of a healthy, balanced
diet through legislation, funding and guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The School Food Standards
ensures milk must be available every school day for drinking. Practical guidance including
portion sizes is available on the School Food Plan website. Where we have evidence
that individual schools are not meeting the standards, we follow up directly with
the school.</p><p> </p><p>We have no plans to extend eligibility for free school milk
to all children in reception classes. Disadvantaged pupils over the age of 5 are entitled
to free school milk. To help subsidise the cost of school milk, schools can choose
to take part in the Nursery Milk Scheme and the EU School Milk Subsidy Scheme. We
will consider the longer-term approach to school milk provision as part of a future
domestic policy programme.</p><p> </p><p>We do not intend to take a formal assessment
against the recommendations in this report, however, we have agreed to meet representatives
of Tetra Pak and departmental officials are currently in contact.</p>
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