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A further change will allow the Department for Education to check eligibility for pupils who are granted free school meals through government guidance or grant. By this, I mean children with no recourse to public funds and children receiving education otherwise than at school who do not meet free school meal eligibility criteria set out in legislation. There is instead an expectation set out in guidance that local authorities should provide them with free school meals. This measure will simplify free school meal eligibility checks for these children and remove administrative burdens on local authorities and schools.