Question follow-through · 42931
Free School Meals: Eligibility
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are covered by the transitional protections for eligibility for free school meals; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ending those protections in March 2025 on the chi
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 31 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 9 Apr 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Education and skills
- Free School Meals: Stoke-on-Trent South · 9 Jun 2025
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Recorded timeline
31 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are covered by the transitional protections for eligibility for free school meals; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ending those protections in March 2025 on the chi
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Apr 2025
Answer published
As with all government programmes, including free school meals, we keep our approach under continued review. Support for children to access free school meals, has additionally been considered as part of the Child Poverty Taskforce’s consideration of how t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Free School Meals: Stoke-on-Trent South
9 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of auto-enrolling eligible children on to free school meals in Stoke-on-Trent South constituency.
Food: Curriculum
14 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the National Curriculum adequately covers a) practical skills related to basic food preparation and nutrition and b) education on the origins of food and agric