Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 100006

Free School Meals

Tabled: 15 December 2025
Answered: 22 December 2025

Question

Jayne Kirkham

Labour (Co-op)Truro and Falmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on the automatic registration of eligible children for free school meal entitlements.

Answer

Olivia Bailey
This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. Introducing a new eligibility threshold for free school meals so that all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit will be eligible for free s...

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