Question follow-through · 89491
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the registration of eligible children for free school meals; and whether she plans to introduce free school meal auto-enrolment in the Child Poverty Strategy.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 17 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the registration of eligible children for free school meals; and whether she plans to introduce free school meal auto-enrolment in the Child Poverty Strategy.
13 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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17 Nov 2025
Answer published
We want to ensure that all families who need it are able to claim the support they are eligible for. Creating a new threshold for free school meals will ensure that all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit are eligible, making it easier...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Students: Loans
25 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is her most recent estimate of (1) the Resource Accounting and Budgeting charge and (2) the estimated cost to Government of support for the student finance system, based on future loan write-offs and inter