School Meal Costs Rise
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School meals smaller and have less meat due to cost, caterers say
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Caterers say children are getting less meat and smaller portions in school lunches.
Michael Hales , incoming chair of LACA , says more funding for free school meals is needed.
Comes after government announced it would expand free school meal funding.
Department for Education said it would keep meal rates paid to schools, which fund free meals, under review.
Provision of free school meals varies significantly across the UK .
In London schools get a higher funding rate of 3.61 compared to 3.20 in Wales .
In Scotland , all children in the first five years of primary school are eligible for free meals.
Parents in Northern Ireland can apply if they are below an income threshold of 15,000 .
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