Question follow-through · 627
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of broadening the eligibility criteria for children to receive free school meals.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 18 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 22 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 26 Jul 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of broadening the eligibility criteria for children to receive free school meals.
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jul 2024
Answer published
This government has not made a formal assessment of the merits of broadening the free school meals (FSM) eligibility criteria.This adds to the department’s programmes which provide over 3 million children with free and nutritious meals. Such programmes in...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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