Written questions

Holiday Activities and Food Programme: Finance

Commons · Question 5997 · 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, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of maintaining real-terms levels of funding for the Holiday Activities and Food programme in the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial years.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 14 Oct 2024

All 153 local authorities in England have been delivering the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme in the Easter, summer and Christmas holidays. The future of the HAF programme beyond 31 March 2025 is subject to the next government Spending Review ...