Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools will provide access to free school meals to eligible pupils during any closures in relation to covid-19.

The continuing provision of free school meals to children from out of work families or those on low incomes is of the utmost importance to this government. No child who would ordinarily receive a free school meal should go without this due to school closures or having to self-isolate at home.

Guidance for schools on the action to be taken has been published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-free-school-meals-guidance.