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Notice of Motion - Free School Meals

20/11/2020 - Notice of Motion - Free School Meals

That the Cabinet resolves to request the Leader of the Council to write to the Secretary of State for Education and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to call for: 

 

  1. An extension of the eligibility for free school meals to every pupil whose parents or guardians are in receipt of Universal Credit,

 

  1. The Government acknowledges the existing and ongoing school holiday food poverty and ensures a sufficient provision of food vouchers for every one of those pupils in every school holiday,

 

  1. An extension of the eligibility for free school meals to pupils from low-income families whose parents or guardians have no recourse to public funds and destitute asylum seekers under s4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.