Free School Meals For Eligible Students At Further Education Colleges

EDM number 282 in 2013-14, proposed by Robert Halfon on 19/06/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Food, Further education, Incomes and poverty and Students.

That this House notes that young people attending further education colleges do not receive free school meals despite being eligible for them; further notes that the Association of Colleges has found that 79 per cent of colleges believe that free school meals for 16 to 18 years olds would encourage them to stay on in education; further notes that young people who attend sixth form and are eligible for free school meals do receive them; and therefore urges the Government to look at what can be done to treat sixth formers and college students equally and support these young people to continue in education.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.