Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 20413

Free School Meals

Tabled: 16 December 2024
Answered: 23 December 2024

Question

David Smith

LabourNorth Northumberland

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department last made an estimate of the proportion of pupils who are eligible but not registered for means-tested free school meals.

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 between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers....

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