| Heading: |
Free School Meals: North West |
| Question ID: |
1812175 |
| UIN: |
59307 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-12 |
| Asking Member ID: |
473 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Mark Hendrick
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| Asking Member handle: |
MpHendrick
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@MpHendrick
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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 children who will receive free school meals in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in the (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2025-26 academic years. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-20 |
| 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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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. We have now announced that we are extending free school meals (FSM) to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September 2026. This ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |