Children: Food Poverty

Department for Education written question – answered at on 7 December 2017.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Chris Williamson Chris Williamson Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Fire and Emergency Services)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that children in receipt of free school meals do not go hungry over the Christmas period.

Photo of Robert Goodwill Robert Goodwill Minister of State (Education)

Free school meals are only provided to eligible pupils attending school during term time and schools are not required to provide food for children during the holidays. Some local councils may, however, decide to allocate some of their funding to programmes that help families who find it difficult to provide their children with healthy meals during the holidays.

We are currently considering the School Holidays (Meals and Activities) Bill, which considers this issue, and will be responding in due course.

Does this answer the above question?

Yes1 person thinks so

No0 people think not

Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.