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Meal scheme will switch for half-term The free meal system for school pupils will change over the February half term – as the government tries to balance its books by using a different department’s funding for the food. In a switchover that has the potential to spark some administration issues, meals for those that need it will continue, but paid for from a different area. Currently the Department for Education are in charge of providing cash for school meals during the coronavirus outbreak in term-times. But when half term arrives something called the Covid Winter Grant Scheme, which comes from the DWP, will supply the money. It has £170m of funds. ....