School Meals - Debt and Free - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description
School Meals - Debt and Free
FOI Number
602
Date Received
16/06/2022
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
I would like to ask the following questions.1. How much debt on school meals has been written off in this local authority in each of the last five financial years.2. How much does the council spend on free school meals? Please give these figures for each of the last five financial years. 
Response
1. There is only one invoice outstanding for school meals which is an old invoice dated June 2019 and is about to be written off; it's for £50.40

2. 
Year  £k
2021-22 1,224
2020-21 867
2019-20 1,438
2018-19 1,390
2017-18 1,463