Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 50774
Free School Meals: Finance
Tabled: 7 May 2025
Answered: 20 May 2025
Question
Mr Lee Dillon
Liberal Democrat — Newbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to increase school funding to expand the provision of free school meals.
Answer
Stephen MorganThe department spends around £1.5 billion annually on free lunches for 2.1 million school pupils under benefits-based free school meals, over 90,000 disadvantaged students in further education, and around 1.3 million infants under universal infant free sc...
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