| Heading: |
Free School Meals: Eligibility |
| Question ID: |
1790678 |
| UIN: |
42931 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-31 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5334 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Allison Gardner
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| Asking Member handle: |
AllisonCGardner
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@AllisonCGardner
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are covered by the transitional protections for eligibility for free school meals; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ending those protections in March 2025 on the chi |
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true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-09 |
| 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: |
As with all government programmes, including free school meals, we keep our approach under continued review. Support for children to access free school meals, has additionally been considered as part of the Child Poverty Taskforce’s consideration of how t... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |