Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to communicate to schools that the maximum earnings threshold for free school meal eligibility for children with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) is £16,190 rather than the £7,400 that was incorrectly stated on the guidance for Coronavirus (COVID-19): temporary extension of free school meals eligibility to NRPF groups from 25 June to 30 June 2020.

During the COVID-19 outbreak, we are temporarily extending free school meal eligibility to include some children of groups who have no recourse to public funds.

The guidance has been updated and is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-free-school-meals-guidance/guidance-for-the-temporary-extension-of-free-school-meals-eligibility-to-nrpf-groups.