Question follow-through · 76011
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in families subject to no recourse to public funds provisions have received the concession on access to free school meals introduced in 2022; and what the breakdown is of those figures by (a)
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 24 Sept 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in families subject to no recourse to public funds provisions have received the concession on access to free school meals introduced in 2022; and what the breakdown is of those figures by (a)
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Sept 2025
Answer published
This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. The department has now announced that we are extending free school meals (FSM) to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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