questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether free school meal providers are entitled to keep money allocated to but not spent on free school meals.
answerText: The department spends over £1 billion each year on free meals, which now support over one third of pupils in England. In 2023/24, the Free School Meal (FSM) factor of the National Funding Formula designates £480 per eligible pupil. This is increasing to £...
heading: Free School Meals: Finance