Providing free dinners for all school children could cost over £200m a year, say education officials.
All school pupils in Northern Ireland could receive a free school meal under plans published by the Department of Education .Providing a free meal to primary school children only or just younger children would cost less.
Education Minister Paul Givan is reviewing the eligibility criteria for free school meals and school uniform grants. About 94,000 pupils - over a quarter of the school population - are currently entitled to free school meals. Among the options the department has scoped are to give a free meal to every child up to and including primary three, primary seven or to every child in primary and post-primary school.
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