Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 3647
Free School Meals
Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024
Question
Ben Maguire
Liberal Democrat — North Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 627 on Free School Meals, if she will make it her policy to commission an assessment of the potential merits of broadening the eligibility criteria for childre
Answer
Stephen MorganThe department has not made a formal assessment of the merits of broadening the free school meals (FSM) eligibility criteria. The department is committed to tackling the grave issue of child poverty, which has gone up by 700,000 since 2010, with over four...
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