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Breakfast Clubs: Disadvantaged

Commons · Question 5983 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 14 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of pupils in bands A-F of the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index that attend schools (a) eligible for and (b) participating in the national school breakfa

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 14 Oct 2024

The National School Breakfast Programme (NSBP) currently supports up to 2,700 participating schools in disadvantaged areas. Around 80% of pupils living in Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) A to F areas attend a school eligible for the NS...