Question follow-through · 59307
Free School Meals: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children who will receive free school meals in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in the (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2025-26 academic years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 12 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children who will receive free school meals in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in the (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2025-26 academic years.
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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20 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 (FSM) to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September 2026. This ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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