10563 (2024). Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan to the Associate Minister of Education

Written Question
Published date: 31 May 2024
10563 (2024). Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan to the Associate Minister of Education: What reports, briefings, memos, aides-memoire, notes or written advice, if any, has he received on providers of Free School Lunches under the new reforms announced 8 May 2024, listed by agency, title and date received?
Hon David Seymour: The written advice I received from the Ministry of Education on the changes to the Ka Ora, Ka Ako | Healthy School Lunches Programme is listed below by date and title: • 19 January 2024 – Briefing Note: Overview of Ka Ora, Ka Ako | Healthy School Lunches Programme • 8 March 2024 – Education Report: Options to reduce the cost of Ka Ora, Ka Ako | Healthy School Lunches Programme through a differentiated food offering • 15 March 2024 - Education Report: Changing the Provision Model for Ka Ora, Ka Ako | Healthy School Lunches Programme, and commencing a targeted Early Childhood Food Programme • 24 March 2024 – Education Report: Cabinet Paper: Changing the Provision Model for the Ka Ora, Ka Ako | Healthy School Lunches Programme, and introducing a targeted Early Childhood Food Programme • 8 April 2024 – Briefing Note: Changing the Provision Model for the Ka Ora, Ka Ako | Healthy School Lunches Programme – Talking points for Social Outcomes Cabinet Committee. Please note some titles have been withheld as they are either sensitive in nature or still under active consideration. It is not in the public interest to release them at this time. This answer does not cover members of my office who receive a large amount of material every week. Asking them to collate that material would require substantial collation and research and prevent them from undertaking their substantive roles.