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Free School Meals

Commons · Question 76011 · Tabled 9 Sep 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 24 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in families subject to no recourse to public funds provisions have received the concession on access to free school meals introduced in 2022; and what the breakdown is of those figures by (a)

Answer

Answered by Olivia Bailey, 24 Sep 2025

This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. The department has now announced that we are extending free school meals (FSM) to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September ...