Not exact matches
It provides guidance on free school
meal eligibility and the introduction of transitional protection arrangements
under Universal Credit for those already receiving free school
meals.
EPI executive director Natalie Perera told The Observer: «Around 900,000 children from low - income families will lose their
eligibility for free school
meals under these proposals.
As many as one in eight children stand to lose their entitlement to free school
meals under new
eligibility criteria introduced by the government, according to a leading spending watchdog.
The government claims the changes in
eligibility will mean that 50,000 more pupils will become eligible for free school
meals, while Labour and the Children's Society say around a million children who have become eligible
under the transitional arrangements stand to lose out once the new system fully comes into force.
As many as one in eight children stand to lose their entitlement to free school
meals under new
eligibility criteria introduced by the government, according to a leading...