It comes as research shows that while primary school pupils in Wales are given an average of 65 portions of milk a year, their peers in Scotland get 42 and in England the figure is just 19.
The research is from the School and Nursery Milk Alliance (SNMA) and was published to mark World School Milk Day on Wednesday (September 29). It is based on analysis of data from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Rural Payments Agency.
In England, the government’s School Food Standards (DfE, 2019) require lower fat milk or lactose reduced milk to be available to drink at least once a day during school hours.
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