Question follow-through · 59836
Free School Meals: Bridgend and Swansea
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her oral statement on Spending Review 2025, Official Report, column 985, for what reason she referenced Swansea and Bridgend in the context of the extension of free school meals in England.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 13 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her oral statement on Spending Review 2025, Official Report, column 985, for what reason she referenced Swansea and Bridgend in the context of the extension of free school meals in England.
18 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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18 Jun 2025
Answer published
The government will provide £410 million per year by 2028-29 to expand Free School Meals eligibility from September 2026 to all pupils in England with a parent receiving Universal Credit. The Barnett formula will apply in the normal way; education is a de...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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