PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Free School Meals: Coronavirus (19 March 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will define vulnerable children in the context of eligibility to access to schools during the covid-19 closure period.
Asked by:
Wes Streeting (Labour)
Asked by:
Wes Streeting (Labour)
Answer
Vulnerable children include those who have a social worker and those children and young people up to the age of 25 with education, health and care (EHC) plans.
Those who have a social worker include children who have a child protection plan and those who are looked after by the local authority. A child may also be deemed to be vulnerable if they have been assessed as being in need or otherwise meet the definition in section 17 of the Children Act 1989.
Answered by:
Vicky Ford (Conservative)
24 March 2020
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