Information about Free School Meals

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Address: Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Section, Colonnades House, Duke Street, Doncaster, DN1 1ER.

Free School Meals

If your children are under 20 and in full-time education, you may be able to get free school meals for them. You can get free school meals for your children if:

*This is the April 2009 amount, the figure is increased every April, the amount from April 2008 to March 2009 was £15,575.  

If you think you may be entitled to free school meals you should fill an application form in and send it to us straight away. You should carry on paying for your children's school meals until you hear from us.

When you claim we need to see proof of the income you receive:


If you are entitled to free school meals, we write and tell you the date your entitlement begins. If you have paid for any meals after this date, we will send you a refund form to claim the money back.

If your child goes to a school in another authority's area, please contact that authority about claiming free school meals.

You can download an Adobe Acrobat version of our form below. You must print the form and send it to us by post. You can also get a form by phoning us, or calling into our office (details are at the top of the page), or at any Customer Service Centre. The Fact Sheet below also gives you more information about free school meals.

Last updated: 03 December 2009
Doncaster Council,
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Doncaster, DN1 1BR
Tel: +44 (0)1302 736000
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