Free School Meal Changes

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Dear Department for Education,

In your Government Consultation Response relating to Eligibility for Free School Meals, dated February 2018, you state:

"Under our proposals, we estimate that by 2022 around 50,000 more children will benefit from a free school meal compared to the previous benefits system"

Could you please provide the calculations that you have made to arrive at this estimate?

Thanks in advance

Yours faithfully,

Paula Egerton

ACCOUNT, Unmonitored, Department for Education

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ACCOUNT, Unmonitored, Department for Education

Dear Paula Williams,

Thank you for your recent enquiry. A reply will be sent to you as soon as possible. For information; the departmental standard for correspondence received is that responses should be sent within 20 working days as you are requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your correspondence has been allocated reference number 2018-0013556.

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Dear Sir/Madam

I am chasing up on the response to my request about free school meals as this is considerably late, with no correspondence to explain why.

I'd be grateful if you could get back to me on this.

Thanks in advance

Yours sincerely,

Paula Williams

ACCOUNT, Unmonitored, Department for Education

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we have received the Freedom of Information request you submitted.

We will respond to you within 20 working days.

 

ACCOUNT, Unmonitored, Department for Education

Dear Ms Williams 

 

 

Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 16 March.
I apologise for the delay in responding. You requested:

In your Government Consultation Response relating to Eligibility for Free
School Meals, dated February 2018, you state:

"Under our proposals, we estimate that by 2022 around 50,000 more children
will benefit from a free school meal compared to the previous benefits
system"

Could you please provide the calculations that you have made to arrive at
this estimate?

I have dealt with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(“the Act”).

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