Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that families who have no recourse to public funds can access free school meals.
We have temporarily extended free school meal eligibility to include some children of groups of people who have no recourse to public funds (NRPF). This extension includes children of families receiving support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, and is subject to a maximum income threshold of £28,500 for families outside of London and £31,200 for families inside of London.