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Matthew Offord: To ask the Secretary of State for Education when his Department plans to make an announcement on the new criteria for free school meals under universal credit.
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he will continue to assess free school meal eligibility for children aged five, six and seven after the introduction of universal free school meals for this age group.
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether the pupil premium allocation will continue to be calculated on the number of children at a school who have been registered for free school meals at any point in the last six years after the introduction of universal free school meals for children aged five, six and seven.
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether the criteria for free school meal eligibility will change for children aged five, six and seven after the introduction of universal free school meals for this age group.
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how schools can apply for funding for upgraded kitchen and dining facilities to support the introduction of universal free school meals for children aged five, six and seven.
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools will require new or upgraded (a) kitchen, (b) dining and (c) kitchen and dining facilities to support the introduction of universal free school meals for children aged five, six and seven.
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he has identified those schools which will require new or upgraded kitchen and dining facilities to support the introduction of universal free school meals for children aged five, six and seven.
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he expects schools which will require new or upgraded kitchen and dining facilities to support the introduction of universal free school meals for children aged five, six and seven to have those new facilities in place by September 2014.
David Laws: On 18 December 2013, the Department for Education published the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) allocations for 2014-15. The table setting out allocations for each local authority has been placed in the House Library. At a national level, we do not allocate funding at different rates for primary and secondary school pupils. From September 2014, the Government will extend the entitlement to 570...
Bob Doris: ...commitment to extending childcare has not waned; in fact, it is stronger than it has ever been. However, I have had a commitment to kinship care payments and to the roll-out and extension of free school meals for just as long as I have had a commitment to extending childcare. Each of those commitments has to be individually funded and paid for on an on-going basis. There are challenges in...
Robert Halfon: No one denies that there is a problem, but does the hon. Gentleman not accept that the Government are doing everything possible to alleviate it? That is why they have introduced free school meals for children in the first three years of primary school and extended free school meals to poorer students who go to further education colleges. That is why they have frozen council tax and fuel duty,...
Emma Reynolds: ...the cases investigated by Shelter this year, children in such accommodation were sharing beds with their parents or siblings, and two thirds of families said that their children had no table to eat meals on, and often had to eat on the floor or bed. As my hon. Friend points out, homeless children living in temporary accommodation are more likely to fall behind at school, and lose vital...
Lord Nash: ...Hon Michael Gove MP) made the following announcement: I am today announcing capital funding to provide the extra places needed for our growing population, and to implement the universal infant free school meals entitlement. I am also pleased to publish Sebastian James’s review of progress since his original 2011 report on education capital. I am also announcing the government’s main...
Michael Gove: I am today announcing capital funding to provide the extra places needed for our growing population, and to implement the universal infant free school meals entitlement. I am also pleased to publish Sebastian James’s review of progress since his original 2011 report on education capital. I am also announcing the Government’s main school funding allocations for 2014-15 through the...
Luciana Berger: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his oral statement of 5 December 2013, Official Report, column 1129, from which departmental budget additional funding for free school meals will be taken.
David Laws: ...projects formally began in 2011/12. SkillForce have reported that in 2011/12, out of a cohort of 839 young people (32% of whom were deemed at high risk of exclusion and 34% were eligible for free school meals): 72% went into Further Education; 5% went into employment; 4% went into civil apprenticeships; 2% went into training; 1% went into the Army or Royal Navy; and 15% have an unknown...
Anna Soubry: ...and 2013 is shown in the following table: Training formation January to March April to June July to September October to December Initial Training Group 2012 103 152 144 146 School of Infantry 2012 69 60 68 76 Initial Training Group 2013 145 150 85 85 School of Infantry 2013 77 49 73 108 The figures for Initial Training...
Lord Stoddart of Swindon: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 6 November (WA 59), whether the universal free school meals offer is intended to improve nutritional standards irrespective of pupils’ ability to pay; and, if so, why the offer will not apply to independent schools.
Matthew Offord: I was pleased to visit Barnfield primary school in Burnt Oak last week, where I was told in terms how pleased both parents and staff are that the Government have announced free school meals for children from reception to year 2. Therefore, may we have a debate on the nutritional values of free school meals and their effects on early-years learning?
Lord Nash: My Rt Hon. Friend Minister of State for Schools (Rt Hon. David Laws) made the following announcement: Today I am confirming the pupil premium final allocations for the 2013 to 2014 financial year and pupil premium allocations for the 2014 to 2015 financial year. The figures for 2014 to 2015 use early pupil data and will be updated when final pupil numbers are confirmed. Final pupil premium...