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Holiday Activities and Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to include children from low-income families not currently in receipt of free school meals in the eligibility criteria for the Holiday Activities and Food programme.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
24 Oct 2025
Target answer date
28 Oct 2025
Answer
4 Nov 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to include children from low-income families not currently in receipt of free school meals in the eligibility criteria for the Holiday Activities and Food programme.

  2. 28 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Through our Plan for Change, the government is committed to giving every child the best start in life. On 28 August 2025, we confirmed over £600 million for the holiday activities and food (HAF) programme for the next three financial years. This equates t...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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