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Written Question
Free School Meals: Employment and Support Allowance
Friday 22nd March 2019

Asked by: Baroness Sherlock (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of individuals who were identified as entitled to income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) but who were moved to contributory-based ESA from Incapacity Benefit who were eligible for free school meals that they were then unable to claim as a result of that move; and what plans they have to compensate those individuals for any charges paid for such meals.

Answered by Lord Agnew of Oulton

We are working closely with officials at the Department for Work and Pensions and other government departments to understand the impact of the Employment and Support Allowance legal entitlements and administrative practice exercise and any potential issues arising from it.

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