Free School Meals
Commons · Question 3647 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 627 on Free School Meals, if she will make it her policy to commission an assessment of the potential merits of broadening the eligibility criteria for childre
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 9 Sep 2024
The department has not made a formal assessment of the merits of broadening the free school meals (FSM) eligibility criteria. The department is committed to tackling the grave issue of child poverty, which has gone up by 700,000 since 2010, with over four...