Question follow-through · 54930
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of uprating in line with inflation the income threshold for Free School Meals eligibility for children in families with No Recourse to Public Funds.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 30 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2025 · 26 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Education and skills
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- Supply Teachers: Registration · 26 Nov 2025
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Recorded timeline
30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of uprating in line with inflation the income threshold for Free School Meals eligibility for children in families with No Recourse to Public Funds.
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jun 2025
Answer published
Children from households with no recourse to public funds can receive free meals in school, subject to meeting income criteria set by the department in our published guidance.As with all government programmes, we continue to keep free school meals under r...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Free School Meals
16 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in families subject to No Recourse to Public Funds have received the concession on access to free school meals since 2022 by (a) region and (b) year.
Free School Meals: Eligibility
16 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of uprating the maximum income threshold for free school meals eligibility for children in families with No Recourse to Public Funds in line with the eligibi
Kinship Care
3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by Kinship entitled Handle with Care: Annual survey of kinship carers 2025, published on 2 October 2025.
Supply Teachers: Employment Agencies
26 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to reduce the use of large commercial agencies in the supply teaching sector.
Supply Teachers: Registration
26 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to introduce a national supply register for teachers.
Students: Loans
13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will conduct an equalities impact assessment for student loan repayment freezes.
Schools: Collective Worship
8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the judgment in the matter of an application by JR87 and another for Judicial Review (Appellant) UKSC/2024/0095, if she will review the enforcement of collective worship in schools following t
Special Educational Needs
8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the level of engagement with and representation of people with SEND, carers and SEND professionals in future government campaigns and communications on SEND.