Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children received free school meals during the 2020 summer holidays.

The number of children who received a free school meal (FSM) during the 2020 summer holidays is held at school level, we do not hold this information.

The number and proportion of students who qualify for FSM is published in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication and its underlying data files. As of the January 2020 school census, there are around 1.4 million children eligible for and claiming FSM. Statistics for the 2020 school census are available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2020.