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• Reference: 2023/1292
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Will you be funding those boroughs that currently provide universal Free School Meals from the £130 million?

• Reference: 2023/1293
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Can you please tell me which London Borough Leaders you informed of your decision on Free School Meals before it was announced publicly?

• Reference: 2023/1294
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

How many local authorities did you speak with before the announcement on Free School Meals was made?

• Reference: 2023/1295
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

How many local authorities would had have first heard of these proposals at the time of the general press release?

• Reference: 2023/1296
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Where schools are tied to catering contracts that may inhibit roll-out of this proposal, will the GLA be providing specific support?

• Reference: 2023/1297
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Is there a main point of contact via the GLA or Mayoral team that schools and/or local authorities can contact with queries?

• 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)?