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Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to introduce an auto-enrolment system for all children eligible for free school meals.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
15 Dec 2025
Answer
5 Jan 2026 · 26 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to introduce an auto-enrolment system for all children eligible for free school meals.

  2. 15 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. Introducing a new eligibility threshold for free school meals (FSM...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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