PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Children: Food Poverty (9 September 2019)
Question Asked
What estimate his Department has made of the number of children who went hungry over the 2019 school summer holiday.
Asked by:
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)
Asked by:
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)
Answer
We do not collect this information, but our Holiday Activities and Food programme has supported children from disadvantaged families over the last 2 summers.
In 2018, we provided £2 million funding that reached over 18,000 pupils.
This year, we more than quadrupled our funding, so that even more disadvantaged children benefitted from healthy food and enriching activities.
Answered by:
Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Conservative)
9 September 2019
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