Decision details

Price of Primary School Meals

Decision Maker: Cabinet Single-Member Decision

Decision status: Implemented

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To consider a recommendation from the Schools Forum that the price of a meal in the Council's primary schools should change from 1 September 2010

Decision:

The Cabinet Member agreed that the price of a school meal for a pupil in the Council’s primary schools is set at £2.00 from 1 September 2010

Reasons for the decision:

The Schools Forum recommended a price increase that they felt balanced the pressures of increases in costs with sensitivity to the current economic climate and potential reductions in demand

Alternative options considered:

A range of options was considered, from no increase in price to an increase of 15 pence per meal

Publication date: 16/07/2010

Date of decision: 12/07/2010

Effective from: 24/07/2010

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