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remove restrictions on the prices of canteen, opening the way to price cutting offers designed to attract students back to healthy lunches

Schools are encouraged to offer special food to attract students away from local takeaways and canteens healthy lunches.

The Education Department is lifting the restrictions that force schools in England to charge the same price for the same item for each student so they can offer price promotions.

Ministers said it could mean that schools that offer meals at reduced prices to a different age group each day, special prices for the brothers who regularly eat at school, or ? 1 for business meals new students.

This follows concerns about taking school meals and takeaways near located near schools offering financial offers for lunch.

Judy Hargadon

, executive director of the School Nutrition Foundation, established to promote healthy eating in schools, said he had been told by many parents who are more likely to leave your child try school meals if they receive a discount.

is expected that there will be an advantage for students who are not likely to eat school meals or groups of years in making meals usually tails off as the beginning of the school.

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in schools, some in North Somerset and Bolton, has seen a sharp increase in the uptake of promotions on prices once they are introduced. Last year, North Somerset was approximately 6000 additional school meals are served to children in just six weeks.

The pilot, providing children in 20 primary schools all meals for £ 1 was the number of school meals has increased by 6360 per week for an average of 11,242 during the first spring semester. Some schools have more than doubled the number of children usually served. However, when the pilot North Somerset, with the support of the School Nutrition Foundation, was completed, the Council was unable to close the financial gap. The price of school meals increased to ? 2.

A survey last year showed that higher prices were directly related to a decrease in the number of people eating dinner in the rooms. "price promotions do not increase the absorption in the long run, so that any school wishing to make a big promotion will have to invest to cover the cost will be paid with a big return," Hargadon said.

schools are also ready to help families with problems that are not eligible for free school meals, he said.

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Minister, Sarah Teather, said the move was "an important step in the fight against childhood obesity and the average of schools can help families in distress."

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