Question follow-through · 56273
Free School Meals: Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on changing the eligibility criteria for free school meals to include children whose parents claim Universal Credit.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 2 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 11 Jun 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on changing the eligibility criteria for free school meals to include children whose parents claim Universal Credit.
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Jun 2025
Answer published
This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. We have now announced that we are extending free school meals to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September 2026. It will lif...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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