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Free School Meals: Ashfield

Commons · Question 21727 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made about the potential relationship between free school meals and educational attainment in Ashfield constituency.

Answer

Answered by Paul Waugh, 8 Sep 2026

The department does not routinely assess the relationship between free school meals (FSM) and educational attainment at individual constituency level. However, pupils in Ashfield who are eligible for FSM benefit from the same national programmes and suppo...