Children: Food
Commons · Question 5981 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of her Department's spending on (a) activities and (b) provision of food during school holidays in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2023-24.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 17 Oct 2024
All 153 local authorities are participating in the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme supported by over £200 million a year. The HAF programme provides free childcare places, enriching activities and heathy meals to children from low-income famil...