| Heading: |
Free School Meals |
| Question ID: |
1752758 |
| UIN: |
22087 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-06 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4776 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Munira Wilson
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| Asking Member handle: |
munirawilson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@munirawilson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils who are eligible for free school meals are not claiming it. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-09 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4653 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Morgan
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenmorganmp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenmorganmp
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| Answer text: |
The new government has a central mission to break down barriers to opportunity for every child.The government has inherited a trend of rising child poverty and widening attainment gaps between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers.... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |