Peter Lamb MP: written questions 2026

Written questions

• Holiday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105610More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to expand eligibility for the HAF programme to include children from low-income families not currently in receipt of free school meals.

  Answer: The government remains committed to the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme, ensuring children eligible for free school meals (FSM) can access enriching activities and healthy meals during school holidays. Over £600 million has been confirmed for ...

  Answered 29 Jan 2026

  Original Parliament record
• Holiday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105609More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure sustainable, inflation-linked funding for the holiday activities and food programme.

  Answer: The government remains committed to the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme, ensuring children eligible for free school meals (FSM) can access enriching activities and healthy meals during school holidays. Over £600 million has been confirmed for ...

  Answered 29 Jan 2026

  Original Parliament record
• Iran: DemonstrationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103651More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of protests in the Iranian cities of Tehran and Yasuj; and what steps she has taken to

  Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my statement to the House on 5 January and to the statement made by the Foreign Secretary on 13 January.

  Answered 14 Jan 2026

  Original Parliament record