Free School Meals: Finance
Commons · Question 44431 · Tabled 7 Apr 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she next plans to review the per-meal funding rate for free school meals.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 22 Apr 2025
The department spends over £1.5 billion annually on the provision of free and nutritious meals to 2.1 million of the most disadvantaged school pupils, 90,000 low-income students in further education, and 1.3 million infant pupils. In addition to this, eli...