Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom United Kingdom education law

The Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906 was a landmark British law that enabled local authorities to provide free school meals to children from poor families, marking a key step in the development of the welfare state.

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Label	Occurrences
Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906 canonical	3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom education law ⓘ
administeredBy	local education authorities ⓘ
aimedToAddress	child hunger in schools ⓘ poor educational performance linked to malnutrition ⓘ
allowed	local authorities to provide free school meals ⓘ local authorities to provide subsidised school meals ⓘ
appliesTo	public elementary schools in England and Wales ⓘ
associatedWithPrimeMinister	Henry Campbell-Bannerman ⓘ surface form: Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
benefitType	in-kind benefit ⓘ school-based welfare provision ⓘ
broaderImpact	contributed to the institutionalisation of school meals services ⓘ helped normalise state responsibility for child welfare ⓘ
category	1906 in British law ⓘ Social welfare legislation in the United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom Acts of Parliament concerning education ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
enactedUnderGovernment	Liberal Government (1905–1915) ⓘ surface form: Liberal government (1905–1915)
fundingMechanism	local rates with power to levy a rate for meals ⓘ
historicalContext	New Liberalism social reforms in early 20th-century Britain ⓘ
influencedBy	concerns about national efficiency ⓘ reports on physical condition of army recruits in the Boer War ⓘ
introducedConcept	publicly funded school meals ⓘ
jurisdiction	England ⓘ Wales ⓘ
languageOfText	English ⓘ
legalForm	public general act ⓘ
legislature	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
longTitle	An Act to make provision for the feeding of children attending public elementary schools, and for purposes connected therewith ⓘ
mainPurpose	to enable local education authorities to provide meals for schoolchildren ⓘ to improve nutrition of children from poor families ⓘ to reduce malnutrition among schoolchildren ⓘ
policyArea	child welfare ⓘ education ⓘ social welfare ⓘ
relatedTo	Education (Administrative Provisions) Act 1907 ⓘ 1902 Education Act ⓘ surface form: Education Act 1902 Liberal welfare reforms ⓘ
royalAssent	1906 ⓘ
shortTitle	Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906 self-link ⓘ
significance	early measure in the development of the British welfare state ⓘ important reform of Liberal welfare legislation ⓘ landmark in state intervention in child nutrition ⓘ
targetPopulation	children attending public elementary schools ⓘ children from poor families ⓘ
yearOfAct	1906 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liberal Government (1905–1915) → legislated → Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906 ⓘ

Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906 → shortTitle → Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906 self-link ⓘ

Liberal government of the United Kingdom → implementedReform → Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906 ⓘ