Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 76486

Free School Meals

Tabled: 10 September 2025
Answered: 3 October 2025

Question

Alison Bennett

Liberal DemocratMid Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools enable pupils with severe dietary conditions to access free school meal entitlements.

Answer

Olivia Bailey
Schools are expected to make reasonable efforts to cater for pupils with particular requirements, for example to reflect medical, dietary and cultural needs, to ensure they are not put at a substantial disadvantage in relation to accessing meals.Section 1...

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