Question follow-through · 67445
Free School Meals: Eligibility
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils she expects to be eligible for Free School Meals (a) this year and (b) in future years.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
14 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils she expects to be eligible for Free School Meals (a) this year and (b) in future years.
17 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jul 2025
Answer published
The department published information on pupil free school meal eligibility in the annual Schools, Pupils and Characteristics publication, which can be accessed here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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