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Dept of Health

Answer

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health from which holding locations fruit is supplied to schools under the National School Fruit Scheme; and by what methods it is transported. [194271] Miss Melanie Johnson: There are 17 distributors to the school fruit and vegetable scheme operating out of 23 distribution centres around the country. These are shown in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Distributor Location of distribution centres Pioneer Foods Cumbria NCB Liverpool CATS Preston Wilson Catering Manchester G W Price North Yorkshire Country Fresh South Yorkshire F W Gedney Norfolk/Suffolk Arthur Brett West Midlands Minor Weir and Willis East Midlands, London, South East Peachey's Essex Croydon Fruiterers London H B Hawkes London Prescott Thomas London A G Axton Berkshire West Country Foods Cornwall George Cossey Somerset Redbridge Hereford, Stoke-on-Trent, Gateshead, Southampton, Bristol _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The distributors primarily use diesel powered long wheelbase transit-type vans. Distributors are located strategically around the country to attempt to minimise the journey time to schools.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

194271; 426 c384W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Distribution Location Schools Transport School fruit and vegetable scheme

Contains statistics

Yes

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