Question follow-through · 56745
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of (a) the current Free School Meal eligibility criteria and (b) the per-pupil funding available for Free School Meals.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 3 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 11 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of (a) the current Free School Meal eligibility criteria and (b) the per-pupil funding available for Free School Meals.
5 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.
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