Today Cabinet approved a paper to introduce a trial for Breakfast Clubs in schools where a need, the basis of which is deprivation, has been identified. Derbyshire Conservatives welcome the idea in principle as they believe this will do much to increase attendance amongst those children where it is currently poor and generally improve school behaviour. 

However, the implementation of the scheme requires additional thought to ensure it targets those that most need it by working with Multi Agency Teams and Family Intervention services. This report gives scant regard to this. 

Perhaps most fundamentally this report fails to recognise that it is ultimately the responsibility of parents to ensure their children are fed and get to school. Not the responsibility of the State.

Perhaps some of the money would be better spent to encourage and educate the parents?