Question follow-through · 18086
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will widen the eligibility of free school meals to all children whose parents are in receipt of Universal Credit.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will widen the eligibility of free school meals to all children whose parents are in receipt of Universal Credit.
6 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Dec 2024
Answer published
The government has a central mission to break down barriers to opportunity for every child.The government has inherited a trend of rising child poverty and widening attainment gaps for children eligible for free school meals and their peers. Child poverty...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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20 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to monitor library provision in primary schools.
Primary Education: School Libraries
20 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of library provision in primary schools.
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20 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage reading in schools.
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Pupils: Sanitation
21 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help improve the level of toilet training among children starting school in September 2025.
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21 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to provide specialist SEND training to teachers.
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