Ministers are also planning to invite senior local authority figures tojoin a reference group that will tell them whether changes are workingon the ground. And officials will conduct the first-ever wide-rangingsurvey of school meals provision later this month.
The new initiatives are revealed in a letter to local authority chiefexecutives from Peter Housden, director general for schools at theDepartment for Education and Skills.
It reads: "The Government is determined to transform the quality of foodand drink provision in schools. The purpose of this letter is to alertyou to our hope that local authorities will lead thistransformation."
The letter asks every local authority to develop its own "tailoredchange programme". And it outlines plans for a reference group "toensure we learn from authorities as they work towards implementing thechanges". It also admits that current information about school meals is"patchy and anecdotal" but insists this will be addressed by a nationalsurvey of local authorities taking place this month.
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