Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 60883

Free School Meals

Tabled: 18 June 2025

Answered: 25 June 2025

Question

Helen Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children entitled to free schools meals are registered for them in the context of the expansion of eligibility in September 2026.

Answer

Stephen Morgan

All children in households in receipt of Universal Credit will be eligible for free school meals (FSM) from September 2026. This unprecedented step will put £500 back into families’ pockets in respect of each child each year and lift 100,000 children acro...

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