Free school meals: SSAC FOI response
Updated 25 June 2018
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Information request
Received 14 March 2018
In Parliament yesterday Damian Hinds said 바카라 사이트渨e estimate that by 2022 around 50,000 more children will benefit from a free school meal바카라 사이트� and claims when asked by MP바카라 사이트檚 that he gave the methodology used to estimate this number to you.
Please could you let me know the evidence that you may of been supplied that was used to estimate this number. In addition please could I have a copy/link to the methodology used to calculate this number that Mr Hinds confirmed in Parliament had been provided to you.
Response
23 March 2018
The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC), an independent non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), provided advice on the impact of Universal Credit on passported benefits to DWP ministers in 2012. That report, and the government바카라 사이트檚 response, can be found in the SSAC report Universal Credit바카라 사이트檚 effect on 바카라 사이트榩assported바카라 사이트� benefits.