Free school meals (FSM)
You can apply for free school meals if your child is in full time education and you receive any of the following benefits:
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Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400 as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods)
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Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
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Income Support
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Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
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Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
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Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
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The guarantee element of State Pension Credit
If you receive Working Tax Credit you will not be entitled to free school meals unless you have stopped work in the last 4 weeks.
Children who receive Income Support or Income Based JobSeeker's Allowance in their own right are also entitled to receive free school meals.