| Heading: |
Free School Meals: Universal Credit |
| Question ID: |
1814010 |
| UIN: |
60884 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4510 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Helen Hayes
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| Asking Member handle: |
helenhayes_
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@helenhayes_
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on enrolling families for free school meals during the Universal Credit application process. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-25 |
| 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: |
All children in households in receipt of Universal Credit will be eligible for free school meals (FSM) from September 2026. This unprecedented step will put £500 back into families’ pockets in respect of each child each year and lift 100,000 children acro... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |