PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(9 July 2026)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate they have made of the number of children eligible for free school meals who are not registered to receive them.
Asked by:
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
The department only collects data on pupils who are both eligible for and claiming free school meals. Children not claiming free school meals could be eligible or ineligible to claim them. As a result, no recent estimate has been made of the number of children eligible for but not registered to receive free school meals.
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