Free School Meals
Commons · Question 22088 · Tabled 6 Jan 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Munira Wilson
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of children who would be eligible for free school meals had the income threshold for people on Universal Credit risen with inflation since 2018.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 9 Jan 2025
The new government has a central mission to break down barriers to opportunity for every child.The government has inherited a trend of rising child poverty and widening attainment gaps between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers....