PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Schools: Breakfast Clubs (6 May 2020)

Alongside our national approach to supporting free school meal pupils who are not attending school, we are committed to supporting schools and children who benefit from our breakfast club programme. This programme operates during term time periods.

Our suppliers, Family Action along with Magic Breakfast, are in contact with schools on the programme, where possible, and are working closely with them to target the children most in need to continue to provide them with a healthy breakfast.

Family Action have reported that over 1000 schools in disadvantaged areas are registered to receive breakfast deliveries from this programme during the coronavirus outbreak. These schools are located nationwide across England.

Schools on the programme can choose to support target children in the way which works best for them; this may include parents collecting food parcels from open schools or breakfast food ‘drop offs’ to target families. This should be arranged alongside the school’s wider support for children on free school meals, and follow social distancing guidelines.

These are rapidly developing circumstances; we continue to keep the situation under review and will keep Parliament updated accordingly.