Question follow-through · 22087
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils who are eligible for free school meals are not claiming it.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 6 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils who are eligible for free school meals are not claiming it.
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jan 2025
Answer published
The new 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 between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers....
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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