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Written question asked by Catherine McKinnell (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 March 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 30 March 2022 (named day). It was answered by Will Quince (Conservative) on Wednesday, 30 March 2022 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Free School Meals: Migrants

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children from families with no recourse to public funds are currently receiving means-tested free school meals as a result of the temporary extension to those children in (a) England and (b) the North East.

Answer

The department will be extending free school meal (FSM) eligibility to children from all groups with no recourse to public funds (NRPF). More information on this can be found in written statement HCWS714, available here: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-03-24/hcws714.

Information on the number of children who received a free meal, and attracted pupil premium funding under the temporary extension of FSM eligibility to some NRPF households in the 2021/22 financial year can be found in the third document here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-allocations-and-conditions-of-grant-2021-to-2022.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
145863
Session
2021-22
Related items
Subjects
Children Migrants Free school meals
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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