| Heading: |
Free School Meals: Woking |
| Question ID: |
1811233 |
| UIN: |
58831 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5322 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Will Forster
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| Asking Member handle: |
WillForster
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@WillForster
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of school-aged children in Woking who will become newly eligible for free school meals under the planned September 2026 Universal Credit extension. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-18 |
| 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: |
This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. The department has now announced that we are extending free school meals to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September 2026. ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |