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<p>During the development of the new policy to provide free meals to disadvantaged
16- to 18-year-old students in further education (FE) institutions, officials visited
colleges to gain an understanding of their current facilities and discuss with them
the implications of implementing the policy.</p><p>We also sought the views of, and
took on board comments from, a number of bodies representing FE sector institutions.
As a result, we took steps to ensure that the new requirement was introduced in as
flexible way as possible and did not require the creation of new facilities.</p><p>We
are not aware of any institutions that are not complying with the requirement to provide
free meals.</p>
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