22743 (2025). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Associate Minister of Education

Written Question

Published date: 23 May 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	22743 (2025)
Question asked:	11 May 2025
Member asking:	Hon Willow-Jean Prime
Portfolio:	Associate Minister of Education
Minister replying:	Hon David Seymour
Answer received:	19 May 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_22743_2025
Document guid:	8245c610-a8e8-4074-8bf3-0e58634a96ed

22743 (2025). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Associate Minister of Education: How many, if any, school lunches were wasted during the week of April 28th 2025,, expressed as an overall number?

Hon David Seymour: I am advised by the Ministry of Education that for the week of 28 March 2025, there were 34,878 (8.15%) surplus meals not eaten by students and returned to the School Lunch Collective production kitchens across the country. Please note internal model schools and iwi/hapū meal providers manage their own waste, and this is reported during the year This information is not available currently.