New analysis from Child Poverty Action Group has unveiled shock findings that 120,000 children living in poverty in the West Midlands are unable to get free school meals.
It wants ministers to remove means-testing from the dining hall so that more children get the food they need.
But children in Year 3 and above in households on universal credit only qualify if their family’s income is below £7,400 per year to qualify.shows that children’s health, attainment and social experiences in the dining hall are improved when free school meals are available to all children.Government action on free school meals in England lags far behind other UK nations, according to CPAG.
This is good news for children in these areas but also establishes a postcode lottery that deepens regional inequalities.CPAG is urging local leaders to do what they can to expand access to FSM but also to join national calls to make free school meals available to every child that needs them. “In line with its mission to tackle child poverty and improve children’s well-being, the Government must urgently make free school meals available to every child that needs them and work towards removing means-testing entirely from the dining hall.
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