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Originally Posted by pendy
Having been a school governor for 20 years, I seem to remember that the 37p is a subsidy on top of what parents pay.......................As always, those who can pay, do pay both ways
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Thats just about what I expected! The money for free school meals should not come from the school. The school should calculate the amount required for a school meal and subtract the 37p subsidy, this is the amount paying parents should pay.
For the free meals children the schools should claim the money for their meals from DSS or IS or whoever decided those parents don't need to pay. Paying parents should not by charged the extra.
Eventually we appear to have got to the bottom of the 37p. It is not supposed to pay for all the meal, just subsidise it. If Jamie Oliver is trying to produce meals for 37p he must not understand this.