Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 54468

Childcare: Free School Meals

Tabled: 22 May 2025
Answered: 4 June 2025

Question

Natasha Irons

Labour — Croydon East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that two-year-olds in Government-funded childcare places receive free school meals in (a) private and (b) school nurseries.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
Under current programmes, 2.1 million disadvantaged pupils are registered to receive benefits-based free school meals (FSM). This includes pupils attending a local authority maintained, academy or free school nursery who are entitled to FSM, as long as th...
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