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1564965

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	date	09/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: 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 he has made of the adequacy of free school meal provision in special education schools.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	118988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>39.7% of pupils with an education, health and care plan and 36.4% of pupils with special educational needs support were eligible for free school meals (FSM) in 2022. More information can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england/2021-22" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england/2021-22</a>.</p><p>The Department spends over £1 billion annually delivering FSM to pupils in schools. Around 1.9 million disadvantaged pupils are eligible for FSM, as well as an additional 1.25 million infants who receive a free meal under the Universal Infant Free School Meal policy. Together, this provides support to over one third of all pupils in schools.</p><p>The Department is investing up to £30 million in the national school breakfast programme until the end of the 2024 summer term. This funding will support up to 2,500 schools in disadvantaged areas, meaning that thousands of children from low-income families will be offered free, nutritious breakfasts. The Department is also investing over £200 million a year in the Holiday Activities and Food programme, which provides free holiday club places with healthy meals and enriching activities to children from low-income families.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2023 17:57:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1565606

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: 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 the provision of free school meals for children in special schools.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	120080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>All pupils attending state funded schools are subject to the standard criteria for free school meals (FSM), which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-meals-guidance-for-schools-and-local-authorities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-meals-guidance-for-schools-and-local-authorities</a>. Equivalent funding is delivered to maintained schools and academies via the dedicated schools grant and general annual grant respectively.</p><p>Non-maintained special schools have a duty to provide FSM to eligible pupils under the Non-Maintained Special Schools (England) Regulations 2015. The latest statistics indicate that 39.7% of pupils with an education, health and care plan, and 36.4% of pupils with special educational needs support, were eligible for FSM in 2022. More information is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england/2021-22" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england/2021-22</a>.</p><p>The Government spends over £1 billion annually delivering FSM to pupils in schools. Around 1.9 million disadvantaged pupils are eligible for FSM, as well as an additional 1.25 million infants who receive a free meal under the universal infant FSM policy. Together, this provides support to over one third of all pupils in schools.</p><p>In addition to this, the Department is funding up to £30 million in the national school breakfast programme until the end of the 2024 summer term. This funding will support up to 2,500 schools in disadvantaged areas, meaning that thousands of children from low income families will be offered free, nutritious breakfasts. The Department is also funding over £200 million a year in the Holiday Activities and Food Programme, which provides free holiday club places with healthy meals and enriching activities to children from low income families.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 119984 question first answered 16/01/2023 12:42:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1586676

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: 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 and what proportion of children who are eligible for free school meals have been diagnosed with special educational needs and disabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	146864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department publishes figures on the proportion of pupils in England with special educational needs (SEN) who are eligible for free school meals (FSM). The most recent figures, from the January 2022 school census, can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england/2021-22" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england/2021-22</a>.</p><p>A table showing counts of FSM eligibility by SEN status for all pupils in England as of January 2022 can be found at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/dd7aa9b8-0366-4317-9409-08db08498a11" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/dd7aa9b8-0366-4317-9409-08db08498a11</a>.</p><p>The table shows that 27% of pupils who were eligible for FSM had SEN. The school census does not collect information on pupils with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/02/2023 17:11:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma