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Lords Chamber
Women and Girls: Economic Well-being, Welfare, Safety and Opportunities - Thu 14 Jul 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Griffiths of Burry Port (LAB - Life peer) Some 60% of its pupils qualify for the pupil premium and free school meals. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Thornton (LAB - Life peer) recovery plan would invest in childcare right now, with a more than fourfold increase in the early years pupil - Speech Link
3: Baroness Stedman-Scott (CON - Life peer) The Government have doubled free childcare and have done much on tax-free childcare. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Free School Meals: Eligibility - Tue 12 Jul 2022
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Afzal Khan (LAB - Manchester, Gorton) Over 40,000 children in the city of Manchester are now eligible for free school meals. - Speech Link
2: Emma Lewell-Buck (LAB - South Shields) school meals in the holidays, and has said he believes that free school meals amount to “nationalising - Speech Link
3: Will Quince (CON - Colchester) premium, which is linked to eligibility for free school meals.Having said all that, I understand and - Speech Link
4: Will Quince (CON - Colchester) school meals and other funding is included, such as the pupil premium. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Schools Bill [HL]
Report stage: Part 1 - Tue 12 Jul 2022
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Durham (Bishops - Bishops) Ideally, personally, I would go back to free school meals for all primary school children. - Speech Link
2: Lord Shipley (LDEM - Life peer) school meals.The cost of giving free school meals to families on universal credit is around £500 million - Speech Link
3: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (LAB - Life peer) school meals, so I know all too well how valuable a free meal is to families. - Speech Link
4: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (LAB - Life peer) premium and free school meals, it has been a very telling debate. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Department for Education - Wed 06 Jul 2022
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Jon Trickett (LAB - Hemsworth) the cuts began, and yet 38% of the children are on free school meals. - Speech Link
2: Stephen Morgan (LAB - Portsmouth South) Before the pandemic, children on free school meals arrived at school almost five months behind their - Speech Link
3: Robert Halfon (CON - Harlow) Member for Twickenham said about early years and free school meals. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 04 Jul 2022
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Robin Walker (CON - Worcester) This year core school funding increased by £4 billion, which is a 7% per pupil boost in cash terms. - Speech Link
2: Robin Walker (CON - Worcester) It includes an FSM factor, which means that all pupils on free school meals will attract additional funding - Speech Link
3: Emma Lewell-Buck (LAB - South Shields) school meals owing to punitive, Government-imposed eligibility criteria. - Speech Link
4: Will Quince (CON - Colchester) About 1.9 million children receive benefit-related free school meals, with provision supporting the most - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
School Week - Mon 27 Jun 2022
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Catherine McKinnell (LAB - Newcastle upon Tyne North) year, teachers cut out the chill afternoons when kids would watch movies, the free time that sometimes - Speech Link
2: Stephen Morgan (LAB - Portsmouth South) Before the pandemic, children on free school meals arrived at school almost five months behind their - Speech Link
3: Robin Walker (CON - Worcester) That found that additional time in school, if used well, can have a positive impact on pupil outcomes - Speech Link
4: Robin Walker (CON - Worcester) It is also why we confirmed on Saturday that the £320 million primary PE and sport premium will continue - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Roma Community: Levelling Up - Mon 27 Jun 2022
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Berridge (CON - Life peer) What percentage of Gypsy and Roma children currently attract pupil premium funding? - Speech Link
2: Lord Greenhalgh (CON - Life peer) More than 14,000 Gypsy, Roma, Traveller or Irish heritage pupils are eligible for free school meals, - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Schools Bill [HL]
Committee stage: Part 1 - Wed 15 Jun 2022
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (LAB - Life peer) , despite having fewer children on free school meals, than in areas further north. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Garden of Frognal (LDEM - Life peer) as the pupil premium, but a portion of it would be paid directly to the young person aged 16 to 18 to - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Schools Bill [HL]
Committee stage: Part 2 - Wed 15 Jun 2022
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Barran (CON - Life peer) school meals, the funding per pupil was £5,523 in Brent and £4,305 in Lincolnshire. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Humphreys (LDEM - Life peer) qualify for free school meals. - Speech Link
3: None Pupil premium funding rates are increasing by 2.7% in 2022-23, and in absolute terms total pupil premium - Speech Link
4: None Future decisions on free school meals and pupil premium funding must be considered in the light of all - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Schools Bill [HL]
Committee stage: Part 1 - Mon 13 Jun 2022
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Knight of Weymouth (LAB - Life peer) We were approached earlier in this school year about reducing the pupil allocated number for City Heights - Speech Link
2: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (LAB - Life peer) meals, against 16% nationally. - Speech Link
3: Lord Addington (LDEM - Excepted Hereditary) It is yet another element when it comes to choosing a school or a school’s willingness to take on a pupil - Speech Link
4: Lord Triesman (LAB - Life peer) I also welcome that there will be further thought on the pupil premium plus, which is also very significant - Speech Link
5: Baroness Penn (CON - Life peer) from the 2022-23 academic year to gather the data that we need when we look at extending the pupil premium - Speech Link