Written Question·Treasury·UIN 48188

Breakfast Clubs: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 25 April 2025

Answered: 6 May 2025

Question

Claire Hanna

Social Democratic & Labour Party — Belfast South and Mid Down

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there will be a Barnett consequential for Northern Ireland following the roll out of free breakfast clubs in England.

Answer

Darren Jones

At Phase 1 of the 2025 Spending Review, over £30 million was allocated to the Department for Education to fund breakfast clubs in 2025-26. The Barnett formula was applied in the usual way to changes in the Department for Education’s Delegated Expenditure ...

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