Free School Meals: Pre-school Education
Commons · Question 29913 · Tabled 7 Feb 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Daisy Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending free school meal provision to include children enrolled in maintained nursery schools.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 17 Feb 2025
Under current programmes, 2.1 million disadvantaged pupils are registered to receive benefits-based free school meals (FSM). This includes pupils attending a local authority maintained, academy or free school nursery who are entitled to FSM, as long as th...