Free School Meals
Commons · Question 14061 · Tabled 13 Nov 2024 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of levels of demand in schools for free school meals.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 21 Nov 2024
Under existing programmes, the department provides free school meals (FSM) to around 2.1 million disadvantaged pupils in schools, just under 1.3 million infants through Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM), and over 90,000 low-income students in fur...