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• Reference: 2022/3444
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

Following up on the response from you to my question on Free School Meals (2022/2638) can you please provide the walking to school data for the last ten years and breakdown of this data by borough.

• Reference: 2022/3445
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

Your response to question 2022/2635 made clear that you didn't know the cost of introducing Universal Free School Meals (FSM). In order to lobby effectively for universal FSM would it not make sense to fully understand those costs, at least in London, to put forward the case of how this can be achieved?

• Reference: 2022/3446
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 13 October 2022

In response to question 2022/2633 you stated 'I have also called on Government to restore the meal voucher scheme for those eligible for FSMs across holidays, to lift the benefit cap and remove the two-child limit, abolish the no recourse to public funds conditions, and extend eligibility to Healthy Start Vouchers and the Warmer Homes Discount to everyone on Universal Credit.' Can you please advise what the total cost of these measures you are arguing for would be?

• Reference: 2022/2631
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Have you considered how Breakfast Clubs could play a key part in creating successful School Street projects and consider including funding for them in future projects (where appropriate)?

• Reference: 2022/2632
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Do you know how many London schools use pre-loaded charge cards for school meals?

• Reference: 2022/2633
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Instead of campaigning for all children, including children of millionaires to have a free school lunch, would your time, energy and political capital not be better spent focusing on projects supporting children in London whose parents are struggling to make ends meet?

• Reference: 2022/2634
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

What are you doing to encourage uptake of free school meals for those that are eligible in London?

• Reference: 2022/2635
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Can you provide the costs for making free school meals universal for all children in London?

• Reference: 2022/2636
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Do you believe a child whose parent/s are top rate tax payers should receive free school meals?

• Reference: 2022/2637
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

What have you done to support, create and sustain Breakfast Clubs in London?