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Cuts Watch #65: Further clarification on free school meals

16th June 2010 — Filed under: Cuts Watch: Families

Nicola Smith Nicola Smith

Following last week’s negative publicity on funding cuts for free school meals, The Department for Education has issued a press release setting out exactly how planned extensions will be cut.

  • Local pilots of free school meals will not go ahead in Islington, Bradford, Nottingham, Cumbria and Medway.
  • Free school meals will not be extended to maintained nursery and Key Stage 1 pupils whose parents are on Working Tax Credit, with household incomes up to £16,190.
  • In addition, plans to extend free school meals to older pupils whose parents are on low incomes will no longer go ahead.

A DfE spokesperson described these cuts as ‘savings’.

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