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Breakfast Clubs

Commons · Question 51692 · Tabled 12 May 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 20 May 2025

Question

Asked by James MacCleary

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that schools participating in the breakfast club programme can provide adequately nutritious free school meals within the allocated budget.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 20 May 2025

The department is funding 750 early adopter schools to provide access to a free, universal breakfast club lasting at least 30 minutes. Early adopter schools receive a combination of set up, fixed term and per pupil payments to cover food costs, staffing a...