School Meals: Finance
Commons · Question 66468 · Tabled 9 Jul 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the school meals funding rate in England to match the rate in Scotland.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 21 Jul 2025
This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. We have now announced that we are extending free school meals (FSM) to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September 2026. This ...