Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the minimum amount that will be granted from the Holiday Activities and Food 2019 fund.

Building on findings from the 2018 Holiday Activities and Food programme, we have recently invited organisations to bid for a share of £9 million made available to fund free holiday provision during the 2019 summer holidays for children eligible for free school meals. Organisations responding to this invitation will be responsible for coordinating provision within a local authority area.

Given the great variation in local authorities across the country, we have not set a minimum funding amount per bid. Our intention is that the fund will support projects in each of the nine English regions.