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Free School Meals: Eligibility

Commons · Question 42931 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 9 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Allison Gardner

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are covered by the transitional protections for eligibility for free school meals; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ending those protections in March 2025 on the chi

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 9 Apr 2025

As with all government programmes, including free school meals, we keep our approach under continued review. Support for children to access free school meals, has additionally been considered as part of the Child Poverty Taskforce’s consideration of how t...