Free School Meals
(asked on 31st January 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the allowance for free school meals.
This question was answered on 10th February 2020
As part of the increased funding for schools, announced by my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, on 30 August 2019, the benefits-related free school meals factor in the national funding formula will be increased in line with inflation.
For universal infant free school meals (UIFSM), schools receive funding through a separate grant and the provisional allocations were confirmed for the 2019/20 academic year last June. We have not taken decisions on future rates for UIFSM rates yet.