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Free School Meals

Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many and what percentage of pupils are eligible for free school meals in each English local education authority. [152503]

Ms Estelle Morris: The numbers of full-time pupils of up to maximum compulsory school age 'known to be eligible for free school meals' and expressed as a percentage of all full-time pupils of that age group in mainstream, maintained schools in each English local education authority are shown in the table. The data are as collected by the Department's Annual Schools' Census.

Mainstream, maintained schools in England--January 2000

Full-time pupils of up to maximum compulsory school age known to be eligible for a free school meal
Local education authorityNumberPercentage(12)
Barking and Dagenham7,23027.9
Barnet7,48018.0
Barnsley8,45026.6
Bath and North East Somerset2,50010.8
Bedfordshire6,63012.0
Bexley5,40015.2
Birmingham55,90034.6
Blackburn with Darwen6,85028.7
Blackpool4,96025.4
Bolton8,13018.9
Bournemouth2,27011.6
Bracknell Forest1,0107.4
Bradford21,31027.8
Brent9,58028.8
Brighton and Hove5,88021.5
Bristol, City of10,95023.5
Bromley5,88014.2
Buckinghamshire4,3506.7
Bury4,52016.0
Calderdale5,86018.6
Cambridgeshire7,0309.8
Camden7,78039.7
Cheshire12,84013.2
City of London8036.9
Cornwall9,77014.7
Coventry9,34020.8
Croydon10,40022.9
Cumbria11,10015.8
Darlington2,91019.6
Derby7,75022.6
Derbyshire14,15013.5
Devon10,67011.9
Doncaster10,44022.8
Dorset3,3506.7
Dudley7,78016.6
Durham15,10021.2
Ealing10,85029.3
East Riding of Yorkshire5,12011.3
East Sussex9,30015.4
Enfield10,22024.2
Essex22,62012.3
Gateshead7,05026.1
Gloucestershire7,7309.8
Greenwich12,13039.1
Hackney11,27046.5
Halton5,60028.1
Hammersmith and Fulham6,39043.0
Hampshire14,2708.3
Haringey12,84042.9
Harrow3,94014.2
Hartlepool4,48029.3
Havering4,47012.8
Herefordshire1,7507.6
Hertfordshire14,6609.8
Hillingdon5,16015.1
Hounslow7,62024.9
Isle of Wight3,51019.8
Isles of Scilly105.2
Islington10,31045.4
Kensington and Chelsea3,91039.7
Kent25,25013.3
Kingston upon Hull, City of11,70029.8
Kingston upon Thames1,5409.0
Kirklees12,30020.8
Knowsley12,25046.8
Lambeth10,91043.8
Lancashire29,56017.3
Leeds22,29021.7
Leicester10,99024.9
Leicestershire7,1208.2
Lewisham11,74037.4
Lincolnshire7,3308.1
Liverpool29,08041.5
Luton7,28025.3
Manchester29,57045.4
Medway5,59013.6
Merton3,89019.3
Middlesbrough7,81034.9
Milton Keynes4,38014.6
Newcastle upon Tyne11,55032.3
Newham19,31043.9
Norfolk15,09014.5
North East Lincolnshire6,33024.0
North Lincolnshire3,64015.0
North Somerset2,56010.1
North Tyneside6,33023.0
North Yorkshire7,3609.2
Northamptonshire11,30011.9
Northumberland6,52014.6
Nottingham14,32039.2
Nottinghamshire16,92015.8
Oldham9,86025.3
Oxfordshire7,59010.1
Peterborough5,93022.3
Plymouth7,32020.2
Poole1,5308.5
Portsmouth4,52017.8
Reading2,40016.1
Redbridge6,62018.4
Redcar and Cleveland6,56027.8
Richmond upon Thames2,53013.8
Rochdale9,17027.2
Rotherham8,81021.7
Rutland2605.5
Salford10,13029.2
Sandwell12,33026.3
Sefton9,78022.8
Sheffield16,42023.9
Shropshire3,83010.2
Slough3,08018.6
Solihull4,61013.4
Somerset7,15010.7
South Gloucestershire3,2208.7
South Tyneside6,84029.0
Southampton6,51022.1
Southend-on-Sea4,37019.0
Southwark14,47045.6
St. Helens6,02022.2
Staffordshire14,58012.1
Stockport6,07014.7
Stockton-on-Tees6,90023.5
Stoke-on-Trent10,35027.9
Suffolk11,75013.1
Sunderland13,55030.4
Surrey10,1408.1
Sutton3,01012.2
Swindon3,41012.0
Tameside7,57021.3
Telford and the Wrekin5,35022.4
Thurrock3,62017.3
Torbay3,48020.4
Tower Hamlets20,97062.6
Trafford6,35019.3
Wakefield9,64020.3
Walsall9,01020.9
Waltham Forest9,86030.9
Wandsworth7,92031.7
Warrington3,65012.2
Warwickshire7,07010.0
West Berkshire1,3906.6
West Sussex8,5208.9
Westminster6,38039.6
Wigan8,21017.2
Wiltshire5,1308.5
Windsor and Maidenhead1,1707.0
Wirral15,24031.1
Wokingham9604.5
Wolverhampton8,82024.1
Worcestershire7,51010.1
York2,65011.7

(12) Numbers of full-time pupils of up to maximum compulsory school age 'known to be eligible for free school meals' expressed as a percentage of all full-time pupils of that age group

Source:

DfEE Annual Schools' Census, January 2000


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Ex-GM Schools Funding

Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list those former grant- maintained schools which (a) have and (b) do not have protected funding. [151239]

Ms Estelle Morris: All former grant-maintained schools have protected levels of funding per pupil, which were raised by 2.5 per cent. in 2000-01 and again for 2001-02. Those schools whose formula budgets are lower than their protected levels of funding receive transitional funding, which is supported by a grant from the Department. The names of schools which are and are not in receipt of transitional funding in 2000-01 are listed in a table, copies of which have been placed in the Library.

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Departmental Policies (Worcester)

Mr. Michael J. Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Worcester parliamentary constituency, the effect of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997 on this constituency. [151860]

Mr. Wills: The information requested has been placed in the Libraries.

Departmental Policies (Ilford, North)

Ms Perham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Ilford, North; and if he will make a statement. [152035]

Mr. Wills: The information requested has been placed in the Libraries.

Specialist Schools

Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list, for each English local education authority, how many (a) applications have been received for specialist school status and (b) which schools are designated as specialist schools, with the date of designation, the specialism, the percentage of children eligible for free school meals, the percentage of children with five or more GCSE grades A-C, the status of the school, the admissions policy of the school and if the school is designated as a Beacon School. [152478]

Ms Estelle Morris: The information on (a) the number of specialist school applications received since 1994 is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The information requested in section (b) with the exception of data on Free School Meals is contained in tables, copies of which have been placed in the Library. Information on the percentage of children known to be eligible for Free School Meals in individual schools is regarded as confidential and not published centrally by the Department.

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HOME DEPARTMENT

Asylum Seekers

Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the detention centres being used for holding asylum seekers. [152678]

Mrs. Roche: Immigration detainees, including those people who have sought asylum, are currently accommodated in the following dedicated immigration detention and reception centres:





Dedicated Prison Service facilities are also utilised at:




As a short-term measure, until additional dedicated immigration detention centres come on line later this year, immigration detainees are being accommodated in the following Prison Service establishments:











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