Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 44432
Free School Meals: Costs
Tabled: 7 April 2025
Answered: 22 April 2025
Question
Damian Hinds
Conservative — East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on the average cost of providing free school meals.
Answer
Stephen MorganThe department is providing schools and high needs settings with over £930 million in the 2025/26 financial year to support them with their increased National Insurance contributions (NICs) costs. This support is additional to the £2.3 billion increase to...
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