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106426

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential costs and benefits of the introduction of universal infant free school meals in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	213397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education is responsible for the introduction of the requirement that state-funded schools in England should offer universal infant free school meals, which came into effect on 1 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2009 and 2011 the Department for Education and the Department of Health piloted the provision of universal free school meals in Durham and Newham. The independent evaluation of those pilots showed that there were a number of benefits arising from the provision of universal free school meals, including improved attainment, healthier eating habits and increases in the uptake of meals among children who would have been eligible for free school meals under the existing criteria. We also know, from research carried out by the School Food Trust (now Children’s Food Trust), that universal infant free school meals will save families who previously paid for school lunches up to £400 a year per infant child.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has used School Food Trust research into the costs of school meal provision, as well as feedback from local authorities and stakeholders, to inform the allocation of funding for this policy and the targeting of implementation support. In particular, this research informed the decision to allocate £2.30 of revenue funding per meal taken by newly eligible pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/11/2014 17:27:32 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

731631

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on universal infant free-school meals.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>We are reflecting on our programmes in relation to school meals and will come forward with proposals in due course.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/06/2017 13:06:34 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

746768

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on universal infant free school meals; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	1924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>My Rt hon friend, the Minister of State for School Standards, confirmed on 4 July that infants will continue to receive universal infant school meals.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/07/2017 13:50:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

514016

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made on the provision of universal infant free school meals.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	34597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>Universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) have been a great success, with over 1.3m additional infants enjoying a nutritious, free meal at lunchtime and parents saving hundreds of pounds a year.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/04/2016 15:39:16 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

419939

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much schools have spent renovating, replacing or installing new kitchen equipment prior to the introduction of the universal infant free school meals programme.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	11009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government has provided significant support for schools to improve kitchen and dining room facilities for their infant pupils. We have allocated £184.5 million capital funding in total specifically for this purpose, and an additional £32.5 million UIFSM funding to support small schools in improving their infant meal provision, which can be used to purchase equipment or fund minor capital works.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 11010 question first answered 15/10/2015 15:43:51 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

419944

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many additional pupils have become eligible for free school meals in (a) the North East and (b) Easington constituency since the introduction of the universal infant free school meals programme.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	11011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>Based on information collected by the Department for Education in the January 2015 school census, 1,616,154 infant pupils in England, 69,381 infant pupils in the North East and 2,037 infant pupils in the parliamentary constituency of Easington were entitled to universal infant free school meals. These figures exclude infant pupils who were entitled to free school meals because their parents or carers were in receipt of qualifying benefits.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 11012 question first answered 15/10/2015 16:01:55 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

419945

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many additional pupils have become eligible for free school meals since the introduction of the universal infant free school meals programme.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	11012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>Based on information collected by the Department for Education in the January 2015 school census, 1,616,154 infant pupils in England, 69,381 infant pupils in the North East and 2,037 infant pupils in the parliamentary constituency of Easington were entitled to universal infant free school meals. These figures exclude infant pupils who were entitled to free school meals because their parents or carers were in receipt of qualifying benefits.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 11011 question first answered 15/10/2015 16:01:56 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

419946

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have renovated, replaced or installed new kitchen equipment in order to comply with the universal infant free school meals programme.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	11010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government has provided significant support for schools to improve kitchen and dining room facilities for their infant pupils. We have allocated £184.5 million capital funding in total specifically for this purpose, and an additional £32.5 million UIFSM funding to support small schools in improving their infant meal provision, which can be used to purchase equipment or fund minor capital works.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 11009 question first answered 15/10/2015 15:43:51 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

535517

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total cost to the public purse was of the Small Schools Taskforce report on free school meals.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	42504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The small schools taskforce was made up of a number of local authority and private sector caterers and manufacturers who were unpaid but could claim expenses. The total value of the contract to deliver action arising from the School Food Plan was £204,000. We are able to directly attribute around £10,000 of this to the work of the Small Schools Taskforce; in addition there would have been small amounts claimed in expenses for the other taskforce members.</p><p>The majority of the findings from the Small Schools Taskforce report are already in the public domain following the publication of the toolkit for small schools, which is available at: <a href="http://www.thegreatschoollunch.co.uk/media/169570/CFT-SmallSchoolToolkit.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.thegreatschoollunch.co.uk/media/169570/CFT-SmallSchoolToolkit.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 42505 question first answered 21/07/2016 08:48:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

535518

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the Small Schools Taskforce report on free school meals.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	42505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The small schools taskforce was made up of a number of local authority and private sector caterers and manufacturers who were unpaid but could claim expenses. The total value of the contract to deliver action arising from the School Food Plan was £204,000. We are able to directly attribute around £10,000 of this to the work of the Small Schools Taskforce; in addition there would have been small amounts claimed in expenses for the other taskforce members.</p><p>The majority of the findings from the Small Schools Taskforce report are already in the public domain following the publication of the toolkit for small schools, which is available at: <a href="http://www.thegreatschoollunch.co.uk/media/169570/CFT-SmallSchoolToolkit.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.thegreatschoollunch.co.uk/media/169570/CFT-SmallSchoolToolkit.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 42504 question first answered 21/07/2016 08:48:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips