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Education benefits

You can get free school meals for your children if you are on the following:

• income support
• income based jobseeker's allowance
• income-related employment and support allowance
• pension credit guarantee credit
• child tax credit - if you do not work more than 16 hours a week and your income is below £16,040
• working tax credit - if your income is below £6,420 (Scotland only - see Education (School Lunches) (Scotland ) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/178)
• you are getting support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (asylum seekers).

You may also be able to get help with the costs of travel to school or be entitled to a school clothing grant. For more information contact your Local Authority.

The Scottish Government intends to give all primary school children (P1 to P3 pupils) free school meals from August 2010. For more information see the Scottish Government press release issued 2 October 2008.

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