Written Question·Treasury·UIN 57798
Free School Meals: Northern Ireland
Tabled: 5 June 2025
Answered: 13 June 2025
Question
Sorcha Eastwood
Alliance — Lagan Valley
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 4 June 2025, HCWS682, on School Food, what estimate she has made of the potential Barnett consequentials for Northern Ireland following the expansion of free school meals t
Answer
Darren JonesThe Barnett formula is applied when departmental budgets change – not when departments announce how they are spending their budgets.When changes to the Department for Education’s budget were confirmed at Spending Review 2025 on 11 June, the Barnett formul...
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