Question follow-through · 3943
School Meals: Hertfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils have received universal school meals for infants in each Hertfordshire constituency (a) this year (b) in total since the policy was introduced.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 21 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 5 Jun 2026 · 15 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
21 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils have received universal school meals for infants in each Hertfordshire constituency (a) this year (b) in total since the policy was introduced.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jun 2026
Answer published
The department holds the data for universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) taken in Hertfordshire since the policy was introduced, but not at constituency level. This data is published in the ‘Schools, pupils and characteristics’ publication. The most r...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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