EY setting questionnaire Question Title * 1. How are meals and snacks currently prepared and provided at your child's nursery? (Select all that apply) (Required.) On-site cook preparing meals and snacks Professional external catering company providing meals Parents asked to provide packed lunches/meals Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. Which meals and snacks are offered/available for children at your setting? (Required.) Breakfast Mid-morning snack Lunch Mid-afternoon snack Tea Rolling snacks (an open snack time where children decide when they want to eat and serve themselves) Question Title * 3. Do you have planned, written menus available (either digitally or printed?) (Required.) Yes, our menus are planned and written, and we make sure we stick to them as much as reasonably possible Yes, we have planned menus but find it hard to stick to them No, we don’t have written menus Question Title * 4. Please rank the following factors in order of importance when planning your meals/snacks/menus, with 1 being the most important and 7 being the least important. (Required.) Question Title * 5. What are the biggest barriers to providing healthy food in your setting. Please rank from 1-7 with 1 being the biggest barrier and 7 the smallest barrier (Required.) Question Title * 6. Have your menus or recipes ever featured as part of your Ofsted inspection? (Required.) Yes No Question Title * 7. What resources or support would help you improve the food provision in your setting? (Required.) Access to a registered nutritionist or dietician Staff training Better recruitment/availability of chefs Improved funding specifically for food Menu planning resources such as example menus, recipes and tips Access to a better range/variety of ingredients Better kitchen/cooking facilities Question Title * 8. To what extent do you agree with the following statement: "The current lack of meaningful legislation for food provision in early years settings is a barrier to improving nutrition for all children." (Required.) Strongly agree Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Strongly disagree Question Title * 9. Would you welcome tighter regulation of early years nutrition standards? (Required.) Yes No Question Title * 10. Who do you feel is best placed to monitor food provision in early years settings? Question Title * 11. How would tighter regulation of nutrition/food provision benefit your setting? Question Title * 12. What concerns, if any, do you have about the potential implementation of stricter nutrition guidelines in early years settings? (Required.) Done