Question follow-through · 84768
Free School Meals: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Lancashire were eligible for free school meals in each of the last five 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
- 23 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 12 Nov 2025 · 20 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
23 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Lancashire were eligible for free school meals in each of the last five years.
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Nov 2025
Answer published
The department publishes data on free school meals (FSM) in our annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteri...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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