very specific holiday food vouchers for children who had received free school meals in term time was still being offered. initially this was brought about by the successful campaign by marcus rashford in 2020 and in most cases, the offer is still a £15 a week voucher each week for the christmas holiday. when you get into the minutiae of it, the picture around the country differs. nine councils have opted not to provide a specific christmas food voucher for children provide a specific christmas food voucherfor children per provide a specific christmas food voucher for children per se. provide a specific christmas food voucherfor children per se. instead offering a one off payment that could be used for heating the family home and other supplies generally. then we have 12 councils who are doing neither of those and instead of planning resources behind the government funding holiday activities and food programme. these are council run sessions, ranging from things like boulder ring to ar