Question follow-through · 26706
Free School Meals: Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Fylde constituency are expected to become newly eligible for free school meals as a result of the expansion to households receiving Universal Credit.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Education and skills
- Music: Secondary Education · 14 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Fylde constituency are expected to become newly eligible for free school meals as a result of the expansion to households receiving Universal Credit.
7 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
From the start of the 2026/27 academic year, all children in households receiving Universal Credit attending state-funded schools in England are eligible for free school meals. We anticipate that over half a million additional pupils nationally will becom...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Music: Secondary Education
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued on the minimum amount of curriculum time that schools should allocate to music at Key Stage 3.
Music: Secondary Education
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the relationship between the amount of music teaching pupils receive at Key Stage 3 and subsequent participation in GCSE Music.