Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 99145
Free School Meals
Tabled: 10 December 2025
Answered: 6 January 2026
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy that children who are eligible for free school meals should be automatically enrolled for them.
Answer
Olivia BaileyThe government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. Introducing a new eligibility threshold for free school meals (FSM) so that all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit will be eligible for F...
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