Question follow-through · 20959

Holiday Activities and Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 17058 on Holiday Activities and Food Programme, whether she plans to make a statement on continued funding of the Holidays Activities and Food Programme bef

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
6 Jan 2025
Answer
6 Jan 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 17058 on Holiday Activities and Food Programme, whether she plans to make a statement on continued funding of the Holidays Activities and Food Programme bef

  2. 6 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The department’s budgets for 2025/26 will be confirmed in due course, including the exact funding available for this type of support for children, young people and families during the holidays.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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