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date	31/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Eligibility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children will be eligible for free school meals as a result of the protections for entitlement under the existing arrangements.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	125874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>As explained in our consultation paper, we have recently brought forward proposals to update the temporary criteria for free school meals eligibility under universal credit. In setting these new criteria, we are ensuring that the new arrangements are fair, consistent and simple to deliver. The consultation paper is available to view here: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/healthy-pupil-unit/fsm/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/healthy-pupil-unit/fsm/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, around 1.1 million of the most disadvantaged children were eligible for and claiming a free meal. As a result of our proposed criteria, we estimate that by 2022 around 50,000 more children will benefit from a free school meal compared to the previous benefits system.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we will also provide generous protections to ensure that no child will lose out as a result of these changes up until the end of the rollout of universal credit. This is part of ongoing policy development.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/02/2018 16:17:20 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

833989

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Eligibility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate how many children will become eligible for free school meals in each of the next 5 years under (a) proposal in the Eligibility for free school meals and the early years pupil premium under Universal Credit government consultation and (b) existing rules of eligibility.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	125746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>As explained in our consultation paper, we have recently brought forward proposals to update the temporary criteria for free school meals eligibility under Universal Credit. In setting these new criteria, we are ensuring that the new arrangements are fair, consistent and simple to deliver. The consultation paper is available to view here: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/healthy-pupil-unit/fsm/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/healthy-pupil-unit/fsm/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Free school meals are targeted at children who need them most. If all children in families receiving Universal Credit were to become eligible for a free school meal this would result in around half of school age pupils becoming eligible compared to a current rate of around 14%.</p><p> </p><p>Under our proposed new criteria, we estimate that by 2022 around 50,000 more children will benefit from a free school meal compared to the previous benefits system.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/02/2018 14:51:07 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

833992

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Eligibility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many families would be better off reducing their income to less than £7,400 a year to secure free school meals.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	125749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The government recently held a public consultation on setting a net earnings threshold under universal credit to determine a household’s eligibility for free school meals. Under our proposals, we estimate that by 2022 around 50,000 more children will benefit from a free school meal compared to the previous benefits system.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/02/2018 14:53:00 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George