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However, Amendment 190 does more than just ask for the review; it requires a system for monitoring schools on compliance with the revised standards, and a system of support for schools to achieve those standards consistently. Such a system would expose whether the funds available to schools and caterers for providing free school meals to eligible registered pupils, and for providing meals for all pupils up to the standard, are adequate. The funding is currently not adequate, even up to the existing standard, because the amount available in 2023 was 16% lower in real terms than it was in 2014. Will the Government review the funding as well as the eligibility and standards?