Current status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 24 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when free school meals will be available to every primary school pupil.
The Scottish Government is committed to eradicating child poverty and our Free School Meal programme is saving families who take up this offer every day approximately £450 per child, per year. As a result of our expansion programme, around 84% of primary school children are now eligible for a free school meal.
We have committed to an ambitious expansion of our Free School Meal programme and plan to deliver universal free school meals in primary schools in the lifetime of this Parliament. We will continue to work with our partners in COSLA and local authorities to deliver this.