Scotland's largest local authority is putting in place measures to ensure schools can deal sensitively with rising levels of school meal debt.
It was recently revealed that Renfrewshire Council had sent debt collectors to chase families who had accrued school meal debts, passing their details to sheriff officers Walker Love.
"The cost-of-living crisis, food inflation and the impact of Brexit is raising food insecurity in the city in ways that have not been seen for decades and that this is having a significant impact on people's health and wellbeing. Glasgow City Council was the first to extend free school meals to primary four pupils and has increased catering facilities across the city for any further expansion to free school meals.As part of plans to support families, the council agreed at this year's March budget to write off school debt held centrally and also agreed to write off local levels of school debt where the debt amounts to the equivalent of one month's worth of meals.
A report detailing how the authority will deal with rising school meal debts said this process had been followed by schools where debts had been accrued due to the death of a parent of a delay in the receipt of benefits. A freedom of information request showed the SNP-led Renfrewshire council sending sheriff officers to pursue monies owed by parents.
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