Free School Meals: Primary Education
Commons · Question 41034 · Tabled 25 Mar 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the annual operating cost for a 30 minute daily breakfast provision for a typical (a) single, (b) two and (c) three form entry primary school.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 22 Apr 2025
As of February 2025, 341 (21%) of primary schools taking part in the National School Breakfast Programme (NSBP) are in the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. Around 22% of primary schools in the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England were t...