Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 76011

Free School Meals

Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 24 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Rachael Maskell

Labour (Co-op)York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in families subject to no recourse to public funds provisions have received the concession on access to free school meals introduced in 2022; and what the breakdown is of those figures by (a)

Answer

Olivia Bailey
This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. The department has now announced that we are extending free school meals (FSM) to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September ...

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