Holiday Activities and Food Programme: Low Incomes
Commons · Question 46925 · Tabled 22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 2 May 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions in the level of funding for holiday activities and food programmes on children from lower-income backgrounds.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 2 May 2025
The department invests in free holiday club places for children in low-income families, with all 153 local authorities in England delivering in the Easter, summer and Christmas holidays.The holiday activities and food (HAF) programme is delivered by local...