Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 14749
Children in Care: Free School Meals
Tabled: 30 June 2026
Answered: 4 August 2026
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether children adopted from care, or previously looked-after children, will lose any existing free school meal entitlement from September 2026.
Answer
Paul WaughThis government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. We are extending free school meals (FSM) to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September 2026, lifting 100,000 children across ...
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