By Tony Winterburn • Published: 31 Mar 2020 • 9:29
Supermarket vouchers are to begin going out to children who are entitled to free school meals during the coronavirus outbreak during the county-wide school closures.
THE vouchers, worth £15-a-week for each eligible child, have been set above the normal £11.50 currently paid to schools for the cost of providing free meals, Ministers are responding to fears that children on free school meals could go hungry.
The decision is in recognition that families – unlike school caterers – do not order in bulk and therefore face higher costs.
The vouchers can be spent on food at a range of shops including Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Waitrose and Marks and Spencer, although Mr Williamson said he hoped to get all the supermarket chains signed up.
He added the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were also being given the chance to sign up.
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