questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the transitional protections associated with the April 2018 introduction of an earned income threshold of £7,400 for universal credit claimants, if she will make an estimate of the number of families with multiple children in which one or more child does and one or more child does not qualify for free school meals, as at 9 January 2024.
answerText: The department publishes statistics annually that detail the number of pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM). The latest data show that over 2 million pupils are eligible to receive this entitlement, which is 23.8% of all pupils. This is an increase...
heading: Free School Meals: Universal Credit