Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the total amount of public funding for school breakfast clubs in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2023-24

There are 2,700 schools participating in the National Schools Breakfast Programme. In 2023/24, £12 million was made available to fund the National Breakfast Club Programme.

This government will now go further to ensure that every primary school age child can benefit from breakfast clubs. The department has taken decisive action by announcing in the King’s Speech that, under the Children’s Wellbeing Bill, every primary school in England with primary aged pupils will offer a breakfast club. Legislating for breakfast club provision will give schools the certainty they need to plan for the future.

Before the legislation comes into force, the department will work closely with the sector to make sure the right support, including funding, guidance and resources, is in place.