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Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 December 2025

Debate

Free School Meals

Contribution

As I have outlined, the national funding formula already includes provision for the funding of free school meals. It quite rightly targets funding to schools on the basis of those with the greatest numbers of pupils with additional needs. I will investigate whether it is possible to provide those figures. I am not sure that it will be, given how school meals are funded, but I will have a look.

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