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School Meals

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in (a) Brent East and (b) each London borough claim free school meals; and what estimate he has made of those eligible to claim free school meals in each case. [172817]

Mr. Stephen Twigg: Available information relates to (i) the number of pupils who are known to be eligible for and claim a free school meal, and (ii) the number of pupils who took a free school meal.

Figures for Brent East are given in the table. The same information for local education authorities in London has been placed in the House of Commons Library.
Maintained primary and secondary schools⁽⁴⁾: School meal arrangements as at January 2004 (provisional) 2—Brent East Parliamentary Constituency

	Number of pupils	Pupils who are known to be eligible for and claim free school meals		Pupils who have a free school meal 4
	on roll 3	Number	Percentage(8)	Number	Percentage(8)
Primary schools	7,590	2,340	30.9	1,910	25.2
Secondary schools	2,730	930	34.0	780	28.7

⁽⁴⁾ Includes middle schools as deemed.
⁽⁵⁾ Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10
⁽⁶⁾ Includes pupils with single and dual registration.
⁽⁷⁾ The number of pupils who took a free school meal on the day of the census.
⁽⁸⁾ Pupils expressed as a percentage of total pupils on roll.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census





Maintained primary and secondary schools⁽⁹⁾: School meal arrangements as at January 2004 (provisional) 2—London local education authority areas

		Primary schools
		Number of pupils	Pupils who are known to be eligible for and claim free school meals		Pupils who have free school meals(12)
		on roll 3	Number	Percentage(13)	Number	Percentage(13)
	London	628,490	167,530	26.7	139,060	22.1
	Inner London	229,910	88,380	38.4	74,780	32.5
202	Camden	11,460	4,900	42.8	4,040	35.2
201	City of London	0	0	(14)—	0	(14)—
204	Hackney	17,950	7,360	41.0	6,400	35.7
205	Hammersmith and Fulham	9,780	4,350	44.5	3,700	37.8
309	Haringey	21,920	7,860	35.9	6,850	31.2
206	Islington	14,740	6,000	40.7	5,230	35.5
207	Kensington and Chelsea	7,040	2,810	39.9	2,360	33.6
208	Lambeth	19,900	7,500	37.7	6,410	32.2
209	Lewisham	22,130	6,260	28.3	4,920	22.2
316	Newham	31,280	11,480	36.7	9,240	29.5
210	Southwark	23,630	8,480	35.9	6,910	29.2
211	Tower Hamlets	22,030	11,880	53.9	9,910	45.0
212	Wandsworth	17,220	5,110	29.7	4,960	28.8
213	Westminster	10,830	4,390	40.5	3,860	35.6

 
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Maintained primary and secondary schools⁽⁹⁾: School meal arrangements as at January 2004 (provisional) 2—London local education authority areas

		Secondary schools
		Number of pupils	Pupils who are known to be eligible for and claim free school meals		Pupils who have free school meals(12)
		on roll 3	Number	Percentage(13)	Number	Percentage(13)
	London	420,270	100,400	23.9	77,310	18.4
	Inner London	126,160	49,460	39.2	39,080	31.0
202	Camden	9,700	2,890	29.8	2,450	25.3
201	City of London	(14)—	(14)—	(14)—	(14)—	(14)—
204	Hackney	7,350	3,060	41.7	2,130	28.9
205	Hammersmith and Fulham	7,220	2,350	32.5	1,900	26.3
309	Haringey	11,250	4,290	38.1	3,710	33.0
206	Islington	7,880	3,540	45.0	2,590	32.9
207	Kensington and Chelsea	3,500	990	28.4	830	23.8
208	Lambeth	7,800	3,050	39.1	2,550	32.7
209	Lewisham	11,650	3,560	30.6	2,570	22.1
316	Newham	18,140	7,830	43.2	6,240	34.4
210	Southwark	10,040	4,650	46.3	4,110	40.9
211	Tower Hamlets	12,930	7,680	59.4	5,350	41.4
212	Wandsworth	10,300	2,710	26.3	2,070	20.1
213	Westminster	8,410	2,850	33.9	2,590	30.8

⁽⁹⁾ Includes middle schools as deemed.
⁽¹⁰⁾ Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
⁽¹¹⁾ Includes pupils with single and dual registration.
⁽¹²⁾ The number of pupils who took a free school meal on the day of the census.
⁽¹³⁾ Pupils expressed as a percentage of total pupils on roll.
⁽¹⁴⁾ Not applicable; no schools of this type
Source:
Annual Schools' Census





Maintained primary and secondary schools⁽¹⁵⁾: School meal arrangements as at January 2004 (provisional)⁽¹⁶⁾—London local education authority areas

		Primary schools
		Number of pupils	Pupils who are known to be eligible for and claim free school meals		Pupils who have free school meals(18)
		on roll 3	Number	Percentage(19)	Number	Percentage(19)
	Outer London	398,580	79,150	19.9	64,270	16.1
301	Barking and Dagenham	18,490	4,510	24.4	3,840	20.8
302	Barnet	25,830	4,900	19.0	4,130	16.0
303	Bexley	21,480	2,770	12.9	1,960	9.1
304	Brent	22,820	6,670	29.2	5,550	24.3
305	Bromley	24,210	3,320	13.7	2,570	10.6
306	Croydon	30,300	6,650	22.0	5,350	17.6
307	Ealing	26,200	6,720	25.7	5,450	20.8
308	Enfield	26,840	6,710	25.0	5,710	21.3
203	Greenwich	20,660	7,380	35.7	5,680	27.5
310	Harrow	19,520	3,090	15.8	2,520	12.9
311	Havering	20,110	2,400	11.9	1,920	9.6
312	Hillingdon	24,210	3,950	16.3	2,900	12.0
313	Hounslow	18,980	4.250	22.4	3,660	19.3
314	Kingston upon Thames	11,640	920	7.9	750	6.4
315	Merton	14,570	2,030	13.9	1,670	11.4
317	Redbridge	23,680	3,870	16.4	3,240	13.7
318	Richmond upon Thames	12,590	1,180	9.4	970	7.7
319	Sutton	15,140	2,030	13.4	1,670	11.0
320	Waltham Forest	21,320	5,810	27.3	4,750	22.3

Maintained primary and secondary schools⁽¹⁵⁾: School meal arrangements as at January 2004 (provisional) 2—London local education authority areas

		Secondary schools
		Number of pupils	Pupils who are known to be eligible for and claim free school meals		Pupils who have free school meals(18)
		on roll 3	Number	Percentage(19)	Number	Percentage(19)
	Outer London	294,110	50,940	17.3	38,220	13.0
301	Barking and Dagenham	12,090	3,220	26.6	2,140	17.7
302	Barnet	21,150	3,280	15.5	2,530	12.0
303	Bexley	18,020	1,530	8.5	1,120	6.2
304	Brent	15,940	3,500	21.9	2,590	16.2
305	Bromley	22,240	2,300	10.4	1,780	8.0
306	Croydon	18,680	3,490	18.7	2,770	14.8
307	Ealing	14,950	4,210	28.1	3,410	22.8
308	Enfield	21,640	4,350	20.1	2,690	12.4
203	Greenwich	14,410	4,250	29.5	3,100	21.5
310	Harrow	9,050	1,650	18.2	1,380	15.2
311	Havering	16,520	1,630	9.9	1,280	7.7
312	Hillingdon	17,810	2,960	16.6	2,310	12.9
313	Hounslow	16,680	3,110	18.7	2,780	16.6
314	Kingston upon Thames	9,340	810	8.7	680	7.3
315	Merton	8,600	1,370	16.0	1,030	11.9
317	Redbridge	20,020	2,960	14.8	2,060	10.3
318	Richmond upon Thames	7,350	1,210	16.5	940	12.7
319	Sutton	15,730	1,280	8.1	940	6.0
320	Waltham Forest	13,890	3,840	27.6	2,710	19.5

⁽¹⁵⁾ Includes middle schools as deemed.
⁽¹⁶⁾ Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
⁽¹⁷⁾ Includes pupils with single and dual registration.
⁽¹⁸⁾ The number of pupils who took a free school meal on the day of the census.
⁽¹⁹⁾ Pupils expressed as a percentage of total pupils on roll.
⁽²⁰⁾ Not applicable; no schools of this type
Source:
Annual Schools' Census





 
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