Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of children who are at risk of experiencing hunger during the school Christmas holidays in 2017.

The department has made no assessment of the number of children who are at risk of experiencing hunger during school Christmas holidays in 2017.

We are currently giving full consideration to the School Holidays (Meals and Activities) Bill, which considers this issue, and will be responding in due course.