| Heading: |
Universal Credit: Free School Meals and Health Start Scheme |
| Question ID: |
1795922 |
| UIN: |
47101 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5279 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Jayne Kirkham
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| Asking Member handle: |
jaynekirkham4
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@jaynekirkham4
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of registering eligible households for (a) free school meal and (b) NHS Healthy Start entitlements through the Universal Credit system. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-29 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
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| Answer text: |
No such assessment has been made. The Universal Credit system permits Department for Education to check eligibility for Free School Meals and Department of Health and Social Care to check a citizen’s entitlement to Healthy Start vouchers. |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |