Free School Meals
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of potential merits of providing free school meals to all school children.
Answered by Olivia Bailey
This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and reducing child poverty. We have allocated over £1 billion towards expanding free school meals to all children in households on Universal Credit. This new entitlement will mean over 500,000 of the most disadvantaged children will begin to access free meals, pulling 100,000 children out of poverty. This is in addition to the money we already spend, around £1.5 billion annually, so that over 3 million pupils receive a healthy, nutritious meal during the school day.
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