Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 15736

Free School Meals

Tabled: 25 November 2024
Answered: 2 December 2024

Question

Damian Hinds

ConservativeEast Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of adjusting the eligibility criteria for free school meals so as to maintain the proportion of children who are eligible at the same level as in academic

Answer

Stephen Morgan
The new government has a central mission to break down barriers to opportunity for every child.The government has inherited a trend of rising child poverty and widening attainment gaps for children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers. Chi...

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