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National School Breakfast Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that access to free school breakfasts for (a) secondary school pupils, (b) special schools and (c) alternative provision continues after the expiration of the National School Br

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
28 Oct 2024
Answer
1 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that access to free school breakfasts for (a) secondary school pupils, (b) special schools and (c) alternative provision continues after the expiration of the National School Br

  2. 28 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The government is committed to delivering on its pledge of breakfast clubs in every state funded school with primary aged pupils. We have made early progress toward this, including announcing that up to 750 early adopters will be delivering these new brea...

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Breakfast Clubs: Primary Education

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Alternative Education and Special Educational Needs: Finance

31 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 4.8 of the Autumn Budget 2024, how she plans to allocate the additional (a) SEND and (b) Alternative Provision funding.

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Lifelong Learning Entitlement

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Apprentices

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Apprentices

31 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 4.10 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, in which key sectors there will be new foundation and shorter apprenticeships.

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Apprentices

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