Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for the roll-out of free breakfast clubs to additional schools in Stoke-on-Trent North constituency.

There are already seven schools delivering a free breakfast club in the Stoke-on-Trent North constituency. The full list of schools on the programme is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/breakfast-clubs-early-adopters-schools-in-the-scheme.

The government is committed to delivering a free breakfast club in every state-funded school with primary-aged pupils in England. Following the passage of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026, all state-funded schools with primary-age pupils will be required to offer a club once the statutory duty comes into force.

New groups of schools will be onboarded in stages throughout 2027 and 2028 to ensure appropriate support is in place. The department recognises the strong interest from schools and families in the free breakfast clubs programme and further details will be confirmed in due course.