Jersey deputy calls for more food funding due to high living cost

The government announced in September fresh fruit would be included in a school food programme that provides hot school meals for government primary schools.

Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning Catherine Curtis previously said the free fruit scheme was leading to "a lot of wastage" and parents "actually asked" for fruit to be incorporated into the school food programme instead.

The topic was debated 29 September, external in the States Assembly.

Doublet said the minister had responded to her questions…