The Committee resolved:-
(i) to note that the Chief Officer – Early Intervention and Community Empowerment would circulate information to Members outwith the meeting on the number of children entitled to free school meals who did not take up the offer;
(ii) to agree to introduce a policy of extending free school meal entitlement to families in receipt of Universal credit in respect of:
(a) Single claimants working less than 16 hours per week with a gross annual income of less than £16,105; and
(b) Joint claimants working less than 24 hours per week with a gross annual income of less than £16,105; and
(iii) to instruct the Chief Officer – Early Intervention and Community Empowerment to implement the extended provision from 26 October 2020.