Free School Meals: Health
Commons · Question 58539 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Darren Paffey
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take with the Department for Education to monitor the potential impact of the (a) expansion of free school meal eligibility and (b) changes to School Food Standar
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 16 Jun 2025
Free school meals offer a critical nutritional safety net to those children who require it most. Expanding the eligibility criteria to all families in receipt of universal credit will provide 500,000 more children with access to a nutritious lunchtime mea...