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Free School Meals

Question for Department for Education

UIN HL6347, tabled on 14 March 2018

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children previously ineligible for free school meals will now become eligible as a result of the adoption of the new earnings threshold of £7,400 excluding benefits.

Answered on

20 April 2018

The department estimates that by 2022, around 50,000 more children will benefit from a free school meal compared to the previous benefits system.