Authorities are being pressed to explain why school meals have been delivered late since the start of the term, leaving thousands of primary school students waiting long periods for lunch.The Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) and the Association of Public Primary School Principals (APPSP) confirmed to Barbados TODAY in separate interviews that from the beginning of the Michaelmas term, the School Meals Department has habitually delivered lunch behind schedule.“We want to know what is the problem. Some schools have reported receiving lunch after 12, some after 1 p.m. and some as late as minutes to 2 p.m,” BUT president Rudy Lovell lamented.“Having rolled out a new Summer Nutrition Programme [last summer], we would have expected the Ministry [of Education] and the School Meals Department to have everything in place to facilitate the delivery of lunch to our children. So we are seeking answers from the Ministry of Education and the School Meals Department as to why lunch is being delivered so late.”He reported that students at the St Bartholomew Primary School and Christ Church Girls received lunch late on Tuesday, with the latter getting their meals after 1:30 p.m.“We had concerns last week, the week before and the week before that,” Lovell said, noting that he had raised the matter with the Ministry of Education.