Last week the Government unveiled 220m in funding for schools and education authorities for the next three years to improve school meals.
Education secretary Ruth Kelly announced that schools would have to spend at least 50p per primary pupil and 60p per secondary pupil from September.
The Government also plans to introduce new minimum nutrition standards rolled out to primary and secondary schools from September this year, becoming mandatory from 2006.
The standards will be developed by an expert panel that will be charged with "strongly considering" the use of nutrient-based standards and whether any individual foods should be banned.
Another 60m - 15m from the Department for Education and Skills and 45m from the Big Lottery Fund - will go towards establishing a School Food Trust, which will advise parents and governing bodies on the quality of menus.
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