| Heading: |
Free School Meals |
| Question ID: |
1814005 |
| UIN: |
60882 |
| 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 assessment she has made of the potential merits of automatically enrolling eligible children for free school meals. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| 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 |