Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she has made an assessment of the potential merits of altering eligibility requirements so that all recipients of Universal Credit can access the Pupil Premium.

The Department’s current eligibility threshold enables children in low income households to benefit from free school meals and pupil premium funding, while remaining affordable and deliverable for schools. The Department will continue to keep eligibility under review to ensure that support is targeted at those who most need it, as well as continuing to monitor current issues that affect disadvantaged families, such as the rising cost of living.