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Free School Meals

Asked by Anneliese DoddsLabour (Co-op)Department for EducationTabled Answered 17 July 2025UIN 66254

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities have been able to auto-enrol children for free school meals; and whether she expects that the new expanded eligibility will increase this number.

Answered by Stephen Morgan

I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Oxford East to the answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 58496.

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