Question follow-through · 1663
Holiday Activities and Food Programme: Eligibility
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the eligibility criteria for the Holiday Activities and Food programme to include all children living in poverty.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 15 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2026
- Answer
- 28 May 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the eligibility criteria for the Holiday Activities and Food programme to include all children living in poverty.
19 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 May 2026
Answer published
The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme is specifically targeted at children and families facing the greatest levels of disadvantage. We are spending more than £200 million a year to provide free nutritious meals, enriching activities, and safe en...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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