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date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the increased rate of inflation and rising food prices, (a) on what basis the rate paid to schools for providing free school meals is calculated, (b) when she next plans to review that rate, (c) what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the increased price of food on (i) the ability of schools to provide free school meals and (ii) overall school budgets, (d) if she will make it her policy to increase the rate in line with inflation and (d) if she will make it her policy to extend free school meal provision to all pupils in order to help prevent a rise in food poverty.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	59221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Schools pay for the provision of free school meals (FSM) from their core funding allocations. Overall, core schools funding, including funding for both mainstream schools and high needs, is increasing by £4 billion in 2022/23 compared to the previous year, representing a 7% increase in cash terms per pupil.</p><p>The core allocations schools attract through the national funding formula (NFF) include funding in respect of the FSM factor. The FSM factor is intended to broadly reflect the costs schools face in providing school meals. Following extensive consultation when the NFF was first introduced, schools attracted £440 per pupil through the FSM factor in 2018/19 and 2019/20.</p><p>Each year, the department has set the NFF factor values to be used in the forthcoming funding year. Since the introduction of the NFF, the per pupil FSM rate has increased in line with forecast inflation in every year, as measured by the latest GDP deflator at the time.</p><p>The FSM factor is worth £470 per eligible pupil in 2022/23. This will increase to £480 in 2023/24. The factor values for each year are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-for-schools-and-high-needs. In reviewing future FSM rates, many factors will be taken into consideration, including cost of living pressures and inflation.</p><p>The department also spends around £600 million on Universal Infant Free School Meals each year. The per meal rate has been increased from £2.34 to £2.41, and backdated to 1 April 2022, in recognition of increased costs.</p><p>The department continues to monitor the situation surrounding the rising cost of living whilst working with other government departments on support surrounding this issue. The department thinks it is right that provision is aimed at supporting the most disadvantaged, those out of work or on the lowest incomes. We do not have any plans to extend universal provision, but we will continue to review FSM eligibility to ensure that these meals are supporting those who most need them.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/10/2022 11:44:01 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

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registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of free school meals provided in each month since 2 September 2014; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	11452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold the information requested. It collects data on free school meals taken by eligible pupils at one point in the year – the January school census day. The department publishes the underlying data in our statistical first release (Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics 2015) which can be found online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/10/2015 15:20:27 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

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registered interest
date	23/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	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 in each local authority area applied for additional capital funding for the universal infant free school meals initiative through the local authority capital bidding round; and how much additional capital funding for that initiative was applied for by each local authority.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	221920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>The number of applications per local authority for additional capital funding for universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) implementation, along with the total value of funding requested by each local authority is presented in the table below. The value of funding requested has been withheld for Havering, Sandwell and Slough. These local authorities each made a single application which was successful. Including these amounts would identify the specific amounts of funding allocated to individual schools and jeopardise their ability to obtain value for money in negotiations with suppliers. The Department for Education will publish the specific amounts of funding for successful applications in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>This funding is in addition to the £150 million UIFSM capital funding which local authorities have already received. Local authorities have also received £1.2 billion in general capital funding for maintenance and improvement this year. They can decide whether they should top up the UIFSM allocation from their general maintenance and improvement budgets, in the light of local circumstances. The Department has also invested £9.6 million in a national support service, run by school food experts from the Children’s Food Trust and the Lead Association for Catering in Education, which provides advice and support to schools that need help to deliver UIFSM. The support service continues to be available until the end of this calendar year to help any schools which are experiencing specific difficulties with delivery.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of bids</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value of funding requested</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£267,500.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£62,500.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath &amp; North East Somerset</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£291,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£308,465.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£698,620.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>£2,045,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>£720,500.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£191,544.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£740,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>£1,199,227.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£412,600.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol, City of</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>£1,479,842.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£1,248,090.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>£929,016.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£394,640.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£160,431.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>£674,469.35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chester West and Chester</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£573,105.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£432,898.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>£381,204.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£400,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>£2,127,426.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£50,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£11,762.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£530,671.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>£1,240,299.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£208,859.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£470,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£410,674.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>£2,442,708.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sussex</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£706,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£900,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£366,091.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>£333,031.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£813,650.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>£456,033.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£554,172.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£847,624.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Withheld</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£65,450.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£417,262.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£1,436,430.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£427,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£520,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£427,718.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>£3,007,242.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames and Richmond upon Thames (combined)</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£210,909.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£67,020.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£416,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£235,652.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£1,006,122.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£496,535.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>£3,124,688.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£436,404.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>£217,500.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£782,776.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£1,124,604.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£77,914.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£570,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£200,400.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>£1,228,404.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£528,685.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£713,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>£489,324.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham City</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£294,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£70,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£210,345.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£986,577.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£1,109,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£272,100.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£590,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£448,600.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£464,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Withheld</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>£600,965.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£328,331.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>£526,267.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Withheld</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£319,439.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£600,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£285,648.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend-on-Sea</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>£712,615.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£300,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helen's</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£520,243.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£496,573.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>£1,269,329.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£400,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£165,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>£2,327,811.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£203,050.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£233,895.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£686,142.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£362,875.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£213,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£461,988.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£413,703.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>£1,933,450.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£432,527.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£162,300.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>£675,626.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Berkshire</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£993,315.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>£2,389,093.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£59,860.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>£1,230,835.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£238,335.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£432,300.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>£972,187.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£86,700.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 28/01/2015 17:55:14 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham