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Education Funding

Michael Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average (a) primary and (b) secondary formula spending share per pupil is in each local education authority for 2006–07, listed in descending order of secondary formula allocations. [26968]

Jacqui Smith: We will be implementing new arrangements for school funding from 2006–07, including the introduction of a ring-fenced Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). We will announce details of local authorities' allocations of DSG for 2006–07 later in the autumn.
 
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Education Initiatives

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on theVocational Learning Diploma to be introduced in 2008. [27185]

Phil Hope: There will be five lines of specialised diplomas available for teaching from September 2008: in ICT; Health and Social Care; Engineering; Creative and Media; and Construction and the Built Environment. A further five lines will be available from September 2009: in Land Based and Environmental; Manufacturing; Hair and Beauty; Business Administration; and Finance and Hospitality and Catering. The final four lines will be available from September 2010: in Public Services; Sport and Leisure; Retail; and Travel and Tourism.
 
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We have set up multi-agency partnerships, led by Sector Skills Councils, to specify the content of the diplomas within their line of learning. Awarding bodies will subsequently develop the qualification on the basis of this. The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has been providing advice on the overarching design of the diplomas. My right hon. Friend will announce further details shortly.

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the operation of the school improvement partner scheme. [27188]

Jacqui Smith: The role of School Improvement Partners (SIPs) who are mostly headteachers is to challenge and support schools. Their work forms part of the new accountability and support arrangements called the New Relationship with Schools. SIPs will be searching and constructive about the key issues that each school faces without imposing unnecessary bureaucratic burdens. For anybody wishing to become an SIP, there is a demanding national assessment and accreditation process. The process started in the spring and has so far accredited 243 people.

Schools and local authorities are responding positively to becoming involved in the SIP programme. We now have SIPs allocated to secondary schools in 27 local authorities. SIPs will be allocated to the rest of secondary schools in two further waves in April and September 2006. There is a pilot of SIPs in primary schools in six local authorities, to be followed by a phased national roll-out. We are also trialling school improvement partners in special schools in seven local authorities before deciding on a wider roll-out. At the same time, we are developing national arrangements to make sure SIPs are well managed and well supported, and to assure the quality of their work.

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what changes in the Ofsted inspection process are to be introduced as part of the New Relationship with Schools. [27189]

Jacqui Smith: The Education Act 2005 provided the legislative base for changing the school inspection system in line with other aspects of the New Relationship with Schools. The new inspection arrangements, which were tested extensively during the last academic year, came into effect in September.

Inspection is an integral part of the New Relationship, which links to other elements in a number of ways. Inspections will now take place with minimal notice and will be shorter in duration. They will draw on enhanced data and will use schools' own self evaluation as the basis for planning and conducting the inspection. Schools will report on progress to parents through the new School Profile and will be supported and challenged by School Improvement Partners in planning and taking forward their improvement priorities.

The new system will reduce burdens on schools whilst ensuring that parents benefit from more frequent information about the quality and standard of education provided by schools.
 
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Education White Paper

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what account she took of recent findings on the effects of increased choice in a school system on social segregation in drawing up her proposals in the recent White Paper; and if she will make a statement. [26767]

Jacqui Smith: In drawing up the proposals in the recent White Paper the Secretary of State took account of the relevant issues and discussions in the current academic literature on school choice and social segregation.

Our White Paper Higher Standards, Better Schools For All—More choice for parents and pupils" outlines our proposals to extend choice and open up access to schools for more parents, underpinned by a fair admissions system. These proposals will reduce social segregation.

There are a number of approaches that admission authorities can adopt to ensure fair access for children. Some schools use random allocation, while others use banding. The White Paper proposes making it easier to introduce pupil banding. This provides a means of ensuring that a school's intake is representative of the full ability range of either applicants for a particular school, of children in the area as a whole, or of the national ability profile—depending on the type of banding adopted.

Furthermore, all proposals for new schools must set out their proposed admission arrangements, and indicate how these will promote community and social integration and choice. Successful schools will also be allowed to expand if they can show their admission arrangements are in line with the School Admissions code of practice, which recommends that admission arrangements should be, as far as possible, inclusive of all elements of the local community.

We also propose to extend entitlement to free transport for disadvantaged children, so that parental choice is not restricted by concerns about the cost and availability of transport.

Employment Programmes

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills to how many regions the entitlement to a platform of employability skills has been extended. [27032]

Phil Hope: The second skills White Paper, Skills: Getting on in business, getting on at work", published in March 2005, reaffirmed our commitment to the Level 2 entitlement. We undertook to use the experience of the Level 2 trials in the North East and South East in 2004/05 to develop the capacity of the further education sector during 2005/06. The White Paper confirmed that we would expand the availability of fully funded first Level 2 qualifications in all regions, using 2005/06 as a transition year, so that a wide range of colleges and training providers could offer the entitlement nationally from 2006/07.

2005/06 transition will allow FE providers time to re-shape their programmes before national roll out in 2006/07. This does not imply that some regions can opt
 
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out of the Level 2 entitlement during 2005/06. We expect that all regions will deliver an increased volume of first full level 2s in 2005/06; however, we anticipate a marked increase in the delivery and achievement of first full level2s from 2006/07.

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many 16 to 18-year-olds tookpart in the entry to employment programme in 2004–05; and what assessment has been made of the results. [27195]

Jacqui Smith: Entry to Employment (E2E) is the main programme for young people not yet ready to enter an apprenticeship, employment or learning opportunities directly. The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) guarantees all young people for whom E2E is appropriate a place on the programme. This is in addition to the commitment that every 16 to 18-year-old can have a place in post-16 education and training.

The LSC collects data by academic year. In 2003/04, 10,430 left E2E for employment. In 2004/05, 11,226 left E2E for employment. In 2004/05, 43 per cent. of E2E leavers went into a positive destination (jobs, further education or work based learning). This has risen from 35 per cent. in 2003/04. The number of places made available in England in 2004/05 was 49,523. Of these 47,702 were taken up based on provisional 2004/05 data.

Free School Meals

Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will rank English local education authorities according to the percentage of children entitled to receive free school meals. [24231]

Jacqui Smith: The information requested is shown in the following table.
Maintained nursery and primary schools⁽¹⁸⁾: school meal arrangements⁽¹⁹⁾—January 2005Ranked by local authority in England

		Number on roll	Number known to be eligible for free meals	% known to be eligible for free meals
England(20)		4,243,110	717,230	16.9
211	Tower Hamlets	22,697	12,264	54.0
205	Hammersmith and Fulham	10,069	4,488	44.6
352	Manchester	40,941	18,083	44.2
206	Islington	14,684	6,287	42.8
202	Camden	11,576	4,816	41.6
204	Hackney	18,136	7,382	40.7
207	Kensington and Chelsea	7,321	2,962	40.5
213	Westminster	11,228	4,411	39.3
208	Lambeth	20,271	7,684	37.9
210	Southwark	23,608	8,608	36.5
316	Newham	31,519	11,192	35.5
203	Greenwich	21,172	7,475	35.3
309	Haringey	22,096	7,685	34.8
391	Newcastle upon Tyne	20,338	6,832	33.6
341	Liverpool	39,441	13,099	33.2
330	Birmingham	103,899	34,503	33.2
340	Knowsley	16,088	5,100	31.7
201	City of London	224	69	30.8
355	Salford	19,855	6,098	30.7
212	Wandsworth	17,532	5,238	29.9
806	Middlesbrough	14,123	4,197	29.7
304	Brent	23,004	6,778	29.5
892	Nottingham	24,205	7,005	28.9
209	Lewisham	22,136	6,155	27.8
393	South Tyneside	13,418	3,723	27.7
861	Stoke-on-Trent	21,475	5,875	27.4
320	Waltham Forest	21,372	5,755	26.9
856	Leicester	28,537	7,447	26.1
344	Wirral	27,301	7,092	26.0
301	Barking and Dagenham	18,486	4,738	25.6
308	Enfield	27,136	6,793	25.0
307	Ealing	26,550	6,645	25.0
810	Kingston upon Hull, City of	22,984	5,721	24.9
801	Bristol, City of	31,305	7,712	24.6
354	Rochdale	20,419	4,949	24.2
889	Blackburn with Darwen	15,497	3,718	24.0
821	Luton	19,165	4,470	23.3
333	Sandwell	30,221	6,995	23.1
353	Oldham	23,364	5,318	22.8
313	Hounslow	18,856	4,248	22.5
876	Halton	10,772	2,410	22.4
890	Blackpool	12,124	2,709	22.3
807	Redcar and Cleveland	13,729	3,067	22.3
852	Southampton	16,381	3,634	22.2
306	Croydon	30,293	6,638	21.9
390	Gateshead	16,519	3,585	21.7
805	Hartlepool	9,425	2,027	21.5
380	Bradford	51,971	11,154	21.5
336	Wolverhampton	23,567	4,903	20.8
394	Sunderland	25,752	5,224	20.3
331	Coventry	27,376	5,543	20.2
302	Barnet	26,420	5,201	19.7
840	Durham	43,124	8,369	19.4
812	North East Lincolnshire	14,814	2,863	19.3
383	Leeds	62,581	12,075	19.3
335	Walsall	27,010	5,181	19.2
894	Telford and Wrekin	15,625	2,976	19.0
342	St. Helens	15,938	3,016	18.9
831	Derby	22,362	4,182	18.7
373	Sheffield	43,702	8,172	18.7
841	Darlington	9,209	1,715	18.6
371	Doncaster	27,796	5,176	18.6
874	Peterborough	15,538	2,879	18.5
808	Stockton-on-Tees	17,605	3,258	18.5
357	Tameside	20,548	3,802	18.5
921	Isle of Wight	7,183	1,324	18.4
370	Barnsley	20,733	3,815	18.4
879	Plymouth	19,898	3,655	18.4
882	Southend-on-Sea	14,394	2,591	18.0
312	Hillingdon	24,262	4,357	18.0
851	Portsmouth	14,498	2,601	17.9
846	Brighton and Hove	17,408	3,117	17.9
880	Torbay	10,128	1,799	17.8
392	North Tyneside	16,471	2,921	17.7
372	Rotherham	24,457	4,298	17.6
317	Redbridge	23,888	4,130	17.3
871	Slough	12,054	2,065	17.1
350	Bolton	25,918	4,386	16.9
870	Reading	10,752	1,807	16.8
384	Wakefield	29,727	4,993	16.8
343	Sefton	24,060	4,028	16.7
382	Kirklees	36,262	6,049	16.7
310	Harrow	19,513	3,215	16.5
381	Calderdale	18,979	2,996	15.8
359	Wigan	26,958	4,234	15.7
332	Dudley	28,835	4,336	15.0
888	Lancashire	97,142	14,396	14.8
883	Thurrock	13,949	2,025	14.5
813	North Lincolnshire	14,058	2,019	14.4
315	Merton	14,776	2,037	13.8
351	Bury	16,232	2,231	13.7
319	Sutton	15,200	2,060	13.6
909	Cumbria	41,384	5,562	13.4
926	Norfolk	66,405	8,920	13.4
305	Bromley	24,108	3,164	13.1
826	Milton Keynes	22,682	2,929	12.9
929	Northumberland	19,806	2,539	12.8
887	Medway	22,871	2,866	12.5
845	East Sussex	36,982	4,627	12.5
303	Bexley	20,782	2,573	12.4
886	Kent	111,471	13,750	12.3
830	Derbyshire	64,470	7,778	12.1
311	Havering	19,800	2,384	12.0
356	Stockport	24,502	2,934	12.0
891	Nottinghamshire	65,460	7,761	11.9
358	Trafford	19,447	2,302	11.8
837	Bournemouth	10,758	1,246	11.6
802	North Somerset	14,968	1,692	11.3
935	Suffolk	46,494	5,193	11.2
908	Cornwall	39,796	4,407	11.1
875	Cheshire	55,929	6,186	11.1
878	Devon	54,860	6,065	11.1
866	Swindon	16,857	1,861	11.0
334	Solihull	20,392	2,246	11.0
881	Essex	108,687	11,788	10.8
820	Bedfordshire	25,764	2,746	10.7
860	Staffordshire	65,976	7,007	10.6
916	Gloucestershire	44,450	4,620	10.4
800	Bath and North East Somerset 12,301		1,254	10.2
937	Warwickshire	41,992	4,279	10.2
877	Warrington	17,824	1,753	9.8
816	York	13,756	1,338	9.7
931	Oxfordshire	47,313	4,599	9.7
318	Richmond upon Thames	12,755	1,236	9.7
933	Somerset	37,598	3,599	9.6
928	Northamptonshire	57,745	5,494	9.5
893	Shropshire	22,318	2,041	9.1
850	Hampshire	98,537	8,800	8.9
811	East Riding of Yorkshire	26,705	2,353	8.8
885	Worcestershire	38,799	3,408	8.8
873	Cambridgeshire	44,693	3,896	8.7
919	Hertfordshire	94,409	8,140	8.6
884	Herefordshire	13,358	1,105	8.3
803	South Gloucestershire	22,703	1,814	8.0
936	Surrey	79,145	6,321	8.0
815	North Yorkshire	45,629	3,626	7.9
865	Wiltshire	35,895	2,756	7.7
855	Leicestershire	49,083	3,597	7.3
869	West Berkshire	12,250	894	7.3
314	Kingston upon Thames	11,717	855	7.3
867	Bracknell Forest	8,839	603	6.8
868	Windsor and Maidenhead	8,702	587	6.7
938	West Sussex	58,821	3,436	5.8
925	Lincolnshire	54,290	2,898	5.3
825	Buckinghamshire	40,211	2,135	5.3
835	Dorset	24,672	1,245	5.0
836	Poole	10,548	502	4.8
872	Wokingham	12,462	554	4.4
857	Rutland	2,523	110	4.4
420	Isles of Scilly	251	4	1.6

⁽¹⁸⁾Includes middle schools as deemed.
⁽¹⁹⁾Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils.
⁽²⁰⁾National and regional totals have been rounded to the nearest 10. There may be discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and totals as shown.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census




 
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Maintained secondary schools⁽²¹⁾: school meal arrangements⁽²²⁾—January 2005Ranked by local authority in England

		Number on roll	Number known to be eligible for free meals	% known to be eligible for free meals
England (23)		3,317,590	465,520	14.0
211	Tower Hamlets	14,193	8,731	61.5
210	Southwark	10,242	4,741	46.3
206	Islington	7,972	3,425	43.0
352	Manchester	23,762	10,197	42.9
316	Newham	18,067	7,563	41.9
204	Hackney	7,224	2,791	38.6
208	Lambeth	7,907	3,030	38.3
309	Haringey	11,431	4,241	37.1
340	Knowsley	9,836	3,471	35.3
806	Middlesbrough	5,650	1,872	33.1
213	Westminster	8,564	2,808	32.8
205	Hammersmith and Fulham	7,049	2,307	32.7
330	Birmingham	70,576	22,435	31.8
203	Greenwich	15,171	4,766	31.4
202	Camden	9,775	3,033	31.0
892	Nottingham	13,830	4,201	30.4
341	Liverpool	33,124	9,993	30.2
207	Kensington and Chelsea	3,505	992	28.3
209	Lewisham	11,722	3,238	27.6
301	Barking and Dagenham	12,293	3,301	26.9
307	Ealing	15,017	4,017	26.7
320	Waltham Forest	14,012	3,705	26.4
393	South Tyneside	10,109	2,663	26.3
380	Bradford	34,490	8,836	25.6
212	Wandsworth	10,254	2,589	25.2
355	Salford	12,633	3,161	25.0
889	Blackburn with Darwen	9,540	2,358	24.7
354	Rochdale	14,238	3,433	24.1
810	Kingston upon Hull, City of	15,942	3,819	24.0
821	Luton	12,285	2,905	23.6
344	Wirral	24,365	5,697	23.4
391	Newcastle upon Tyne	17,082	3,813	22.3
856	Leicester	17,883	3,972	22.2
304	Brent	16,148	3,555	22.0
308	Enfield	22,062	4,714	21.4
807	Redcar and Cleveland	10,130	2,157	21.3
370	Barnsley	13,655	2,812	20.6
805	Hartlepool	6,524	1,322	20.3
861	Stoke-on-Trent	14,964	3,012	20.1
353	Oldham	16,739	3,343	20.0
313	Hounslow	16,598	3,253	19.6
876	Halton	8,150	1,589	19.5
310	Harrow	9,020	1,742	19.3
890	Blackpool	8,797	1,692	19.2
306	Croydon	18,749	3,565	19.0
333	Sandwell	19,979	3,773	18.9
336	Wolverhampton	16,897	3,128	18.5
801	Bristol, City of	16,236	2,882	17.8
357	Tameside	15,859	2,799	17.6
383	Leeds	48,090	8,453	17.6
812	North East Lincolnshire	11,263	1,976	17.5
840	Durham	32,694	5,679	17.4
312	Hillingdon	17,419	3,006	17.3
390	Gateshead	11,983	2,066	17.2
808	Stockton-on-Tees	12,747	2,185	17.1
894	Telford and Wrekin	10,537	1,798	17.1
852	Southampton	11,972	2,032	17.0
331	Coventry	21,292	3,571	16.8
342	St. Helens	12,081	2,018	16.7
831	Derby	15,648	2,608	16.7
335	Walsall	21,349	3,552	16.6
373	Sheffield	31,621	5,220	16.5
318	Richmond upon Thames	7,287	1,194	16.4
874	Peterborough	12,918	2,116	16.4
382	Kirklees	26,577	4,323	16.3
315	Merton	8,540	1,377	16.1
846	Brighton and Hove	12,214	1,965	16.1
921	Isle of Wight	12,194	1,942	15.9
350	Bolton	19,812	3,081	15.6
394	Sunderland	19,546	3,038	15.5
343	Sefton	20,919	3,235	15.5
851	Portsmouth	9,942	1,522	15.3
871	Slough	8,538	1,285	15.1
317	Redbridge	20,313	3,052	15.0
372	Rotherham	20,342	3,046	15.0
332	Dudley	20,870	3,117	14.9
841	Darlington	6,293	927	14.7
302	Barnet	19,626	2,878	14.7
384	Wakefield	22,362	3,262	14.6
359	Wigan	21,209	3,038	14.3
371	Doncaster	21,961	3,113	14.2
883	Thurrock	8,749	1,189	13.6
351	Bury	11,912	1,606	13.5
880	Torbay	9,183	1,235	13.4
381	Calderdale	15,599	2,068	13.3
888	Lancashire	75,951	9,850	13.0
870	Reading	6,068	769	12.7
882	Southend-on-Sea	12,411	1,506	12.1
813	North Lincolnshire	10,786	1,302	12.1
392	North Tyneside	13,827	1,669	12.1
879	Plymouth	18,922	2,237	11.8
356	Stockport	16,660	1,965	11.8
909	Cumbria	35,478	4,052	11.4
891	Nottinghamshire	54,836	6,155	11.2
845	East Sussex	28,815	3,163	11.0
929	Northumberland	30,393	3,326	10.9
334	Solihull	15,696	1,706	10.9
358	Trafford	16,079	1,732	10.8
837	Bournemouth	9,916	1,064	10.7
305	Bromley	22,329	2,308	10.3
826	Milton Keynes	13,117	1,343	10.2
926	Norfolk	46,524	4,588	9.9
908	Cornwall	33,147	3,252	9.8
311	Havering	16,524	1,603	9.7
830	Derbyshire	50,871	4,797	9.4
820	Bedfordshire	37,784	3,494	9.2
935	Suffolk	54,317	4,884	9.0
303	Bexley	18,288	1,636	8.9
875	Cheshire	47,405	4,233	8.9
886	Kent	98,921	8,739	8.8
887	Medway	20,726	1,800	8.7
881	Essex	90,909	7,772	8.5
314	Kingston upon Thames	9,592	800	8.3
866	Swindon	11,477	952	8.3
885	Worcestershire	41,201	3,403	8.3
878	Devon	42,228	3,485	8.3
877	Warrington	14,086	1,162	8.2
860	Staffordshire	61,382	4,993	8.1
931	Oxfordshire	37,940	3,050	8.0
319	Sutton	15,967	1,276	8.0
933	Somerset	33,282	2,657	8.0
802	North Somerset	12,940	1,004	7.8
884	Herefordshire	10,502	807	7.7
816	York	10,330	787	7.6
873	Cambridgeshire	32,627	2,400	7.4
937	Warwickshire	34,293	2,464	7.2
928	Northamptonshire	45,553	3,270	7.2
811	East Riding of Yorkshire	23,581	1,654	7.0
916	Gloucestershire	40,592	2,810	6.9
803	South Gloucestershire	16,986	1,163	6.8
850	Hampshire	72,649	4,942	6.8
925	Lincolnshire	47,898	3,258	6.8
800	Bath and North East Somerset 12,583		849	6.7
919	Hertfordshire	79,638	5,344	6.7
893	Shropshire	18,191	1,218	6.7
938	West Sussex	45,804	2,833	6.2
835	Dorset	30,646	1,836	6.0
815	North Yorkshire	42,078	2,487	5.9
855	Leicestershire	46,994	2,773	5.9
936	Surrey	59,381	3,446	5.8
825	Buckinghamshire	34,817	2,008	5.8
865	Wiltshire	29,187	1,657	5.7
867	Bracknell Forest	6,105	336	5.5
836	Poole	8,559	466	5.4
868	Windsor and Maidenhead	10,481	568	5.4
869	West Berkshire	12,222	601	4.9
872	Wokingham	10,886	529	4.9
857	Rutland	2,357	75	3.2
201	City of London	(24)—	(24)—	(24)—
420	Isles of Scilly	(24)—	(24)—	(24)—

⁽²¹⁾Includes middle schools as deemed.
⁽²²⁾Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils.
⁽²³⁾National and regional totals have been rounded to the nearest 10. There may be discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and totals as shown.
⁽²⁴⁾Not applicable. No schools of this type
Source:
Annual Schools' Census




 
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Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average percentage of statutory school age children entitled to free school meals was in (a) London and (b) England in (i) grammar schools, (ii) local authority maintained schools, (iii) denominational schools and (iv) other schools excluding special schools in 2004–05. [24232]

Jacqui Smith: The available information is shown in the tables.
Maintained primary and secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies: number and percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals⁽²⁵⁾—January 2005, London Government Office Region and England

	Pupils of compulsory school age(26)
	London			England
	Number on roll	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Number on roll	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals
Maintained primary(27)	485,710	140,560	28.9	3,396,460	610,020	18.0
Maintained secondary(27)	365,800	94,760	25.9	2,967,980	446,300	15.0
Of which:
Grammar	14,170	310	2.2	111,780	2,620	2.3
City Technology Colleges	3,880	750	19.4	12,400	1,670	13.5
Academies	6,700	2,900	43.3	13,360	5,360	40.1

⁽²⁵⁾Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils.
⁽²⁶⁾Pupils aged 5 to 15 as at 31 August 2004.
⁽²⁷⁾Includes middle schools as deemed.
Notes:
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Annual Schools Census





 
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Maintained primary and secondary schools⁽²⁸⁾: number and percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals⁽²⁹⁾—January 2005, London Government Office Region and England

	Pupils of compulsory school age(30)
	London
	Maintained primary			Maintained secondary
	Number on roll	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Number on roll	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals
No Religious Character	375,010	119,210	31.8	287,630	80,050	27.8
Church of England	48,210	10,460	21.7	20,800	4,690	22.6
Roman Catholic	57,610	10,600	18.4	52,340	9,560	18.3
Methodist	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Other Christian Faith(31)	0	0	0.0	1,550	140	9.2
Jewish	4,080	130	3.1	2,830	200	7.2
Muslim	470	140	28.8	0	0	0.0
Sikh	180	20	9.3	360	40	10.8
Other	160	20	9.8	290	70	23.2
All schools	485,710	140,560	28.9	365,800	94,760	25.9

	Pupils of compulsory school age(30)
	England
	Maintained primary			Maintained secondary
	Number on roll	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Number on roll	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals
No Religious Character	2,401,720	483,460	20.1	2,510,510	385,800	15.4
Church of England	647,320	73,230	11.3	148,550	17,270	11.6
Roman Catholic	327,690	51,270	15.6	281,300	41,140	14.6
Methodist	3,770	570	15.2	0	0	0.0
Other Christian Faith(31)	8,140	1,040	12.7	22,070	1,490	6.8
Jewish	6,810	210	3.1	4,200	250	5.9
Muslim	670	210	31.5	700	240	34.1
Sikh	180	20	9.3	360	40	10.8
Other	160	20	9.8	290	70	23.2
All schools	3,396,460	610,020	18.0	2,967,980	446,300	15.0

⁽²⁸⁾Includes middle schools as deemed.
⁽²⁹⁾Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils.
⁽³⁰⁾Pupils aged 5 to 15 as at 31 August 2004.
⁽³¹⁾Includes schools of mixed denomination or other Christian beliefs.
Note:
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schoolchildren in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire are eligible for free school meals; and what the take-up has been in each year since 1997. [25727]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 7 November 2005]: The information requested is shown in the tables.
Maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools⁽³²⁾: School meal arrangements⁽³³⁾—position in January each year: 1997 to 2005—Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency

	Maintained nursery and primary
	Number on roll	Pupils taking free school meals(34)	Percentage taking free school meals(34)	Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals
1997	8,126	460	5.7	605	7.4
1998	8,406	466	5.5	593	7.1
1999	8,580	441	5.1	593	6.9
2000	8,541	357	4.2	447	5.2
2001	8,467	344	4.1	423	5.0
2002	8,716	326	3.7	402	4.6
2003	8,581	313	3.6	363	4.2
2004	8,587	316	3.7	405	4.7
2005	8,524	292	3.4	356	4.2

 
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	Maintained secondary
	Number on roll	Pupils taking free school meals(34)	Percentage taking free school meals(34)	Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals
1997	7,681	778	10.1	1,029	13.4
1998	7,813	717	9.2	1,011	12.9
1999	7,982	779	9.8	1,001	12.5
2000	8,160	742	9.1	903	11.1
2001	8,348	697	8.3	840	10.1
2002	8,463	678	8.0	821	9.7
2003	8,610	677	7.9	758	8.8
2004	8,749	661	7.6	752	8.6
2005	8,819	583	6.6	688	7.8

⁽³²⁾Includes middle schools as deemed.
⁽³³⁾Prior to 2003 'Number on roll' includes all full and part time pupils who are solely registered, excluding boarding pupils. Due to underlying changes in data collection, this coverage was extended to also include all pupils with dual (main) registration and boarding pupils from 2003.
⁽³⁴⁾Based upon school level numbers of pupils who had a free school meal on the day of the census in January.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census




 
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Maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools⁽³⁵⁾: School meal arrangements⁽³⁶⁾—position in January each year: 1997 to 2005—Lancashire local authority

	Maintained nursery and primary
	Number on roll	Pupils taking free school meals(37)	Percentage taking free school meals(37)	Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals
1997(38)	138,611	24,728	17.8	31,804	22.9
1998(38)	138,441	23,901	17.3	30,805	22.3
1999	108,733	16,093	14.8	20,995	19.3
2000	106,522	14,586	13.7	18,339	17.2
2001	105,137	13,526	12.9	16,966	16.1
2002	103,296	13,243	12.8	16,218	15.7
2003	101,077	13,172	13.0	15,578	15.4
2004	99,100	12,854	13.0	15,545	15.7
2005	97,142	11,979	12.3	14,396	14.8

 
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	Maintained secondary
	Number on roll	Pupils taking free school meals(37)	Percentage taking free school meals(37)	Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals
1997(38)	87,257	11,777	13.5	17,675	20.3
1998(38)	88,228	11,619	13.2	17,166	19.5
1999	72,793	8,943	12.3	12,572	17.3
2000	74,219	9,431	12.7	11,642	15.7
2001	74,814	8,941	12.0	11,182	14.9
2002	75,387	8,762	11.6	10,921	14.5
2003	76,412	8,819	11.5	10,749	14.1
2004	76,694	8,979	11.7	10,596	13.8
2005	75,951	8,323	11.0	9,850	13.0

⁽³⁵⁾Includes middle schools as deemed.
⁽³⁶⁾Prior to 2003 'Number on roll' includes all full and part time pupils who are solely registered, excluding boarding pupils. Due to underlying changes in data collection, this coverage was extended to also include all pupils with dual (main) registration and boarding pupils from 2003.
⁽³⁷⁾Based upon school level numbers of pupils who had a free school meal on the day of the census in January.
⁽³⁸⁾Before local government reorganisation.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census

Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schoolchildren received free school meals in (a) Kettering constituency, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) England in each year since 1997. [25951]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 8 November 2005]: The information requested is shown in the tables.
Maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools ⁽³⁹⁾: School meal arrangements ⁽⁴⁰⁾—position in January each year: 1997 to 2005

	Kettering parliamentary constituency
	Maintained nursery and primary					Maintained secondary
	Number on roll	Pupils taking free school meals(41)	% taking free school meals(41)	Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	% known to be eligible for free school meals	Number on roll	Pupils taking free school meals(41)	% taking free school meals(41)	Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	% known to be eligible for free school meals
1997	9,442	517	5.5	707	7.5	8,315	521	6.3	695	8.4
1998	9,613	550	5.7	691	7.2	8,427	480	5.7	665	7.9
1999	9,771	514	5.3	673	6.9	8,543	468	5.5	735	8.6
2000	9,844	491	5.0	730	7.4	8,944	500	5.6	687	7.7
2001	9,928	464	4.7	675	6.8	9,348	466	5.0	584	6.2
2002	9,931	505	5.1	706	7.1	9,057	374	4.1	495	5.5
2003	9,862	481	4.9	672	6.8	9,347	369	3.9	460	4.9
2004	9,858	425	4.3	651	6.6	9,506	392	4.1	515	5.4
2005	9,713	428	4.4	593	6.1	9,532	359	3.8	498	5.2

⁽³⁹⁾Includes middle schools as deemed
⁽⁴⁰⁾Prior to 2003 'Number on roll' includes all full and part time pupils who are solely registered, excluding boarding pupils. Due to underlying changes in data collection, this coverage was extended to also include all pupils with dual (main) registration and boarding pupils from 2003.
⁽⁴¹⁾Based upon school level numbers of pupils who had a free school meal on the day of the Census in January.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census





 
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Maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools ⁽⁴²⁾: school meal arrangements ⁽⁴³⁾—position in January each year: 1997 to 2005

	Northamptonshire local authority
	Maintained nursery and primary					Maintained secondary
	Number on roll	Pupils taking free school meals(44)	% taking free school meals(44)	Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	% known to be eligible for free school meals	Number on roll	Pupils taking free school meals(44)	% taking free school meals(44)	Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	% known to be eligible for free school meals
1997	55,411	4,952	8.9	6,404	11.6	45,934	4,637	10.1	6,294	13.7
1998	55,721	4,666	8.4	5,955	10.7	46,405	4,392	9.5	5,952	12.8
1999	55,733	4,352	7.8	5,761	10.3	47,038	4,351	9.2	5,901	12.5
2000	55,517	4,213	7.6	5,936	10.7	48,020	4,004	8.3	5,630	11.7
2001	55,038	4,052	7.4	5,460	9.9	49,192	3,698	7.5	5,285	10.7
2002	54,867	4,026	7.3	5,406	9.9	49,702	3,666	7.4	5,003	10.1
2003	54,794	3,597	6.6	4,994	9.1	50,704	3,710	7.3	4,952	9.8
2004	57,741	4,083	7.1	5,501	9.5	47,413	3,055	6.4	4,113	8.7
2005	57,745	3,907	6.8	5,494	9.5	45,553	2,512	5.5	3,270	7.2

⁽⁴²⁾Includes middle schools as deemed
⁽⁴³⁾Prior to 2003 'Number on roll' includes all full and part time pupils who are solely registered, excluding boarding pupils. Due to underlying changes in data collection, this coverage was extended to also include all pupils with dual (main) registration and boarding pupils from 2003.
⁽⁴⁴⁾Based upon school level numbers of pupils who had a free school meal on the day of the Census in January.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census





Maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools ⁽⁴⁵⁾: School meal arrangements ⁽⁴⁶⁾—position in January each year: 1997 to 2005

	England
	Maintained nursery and primary					Maintained secondary
	Number on roll	Pupils taking free school meals(47)	% taking free school meals(47)	Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	% known to be eligible for free school meals	Number on roll	Pupils taking free school meals(47)	% taking free school meals(47)	Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	% known to be eligible for free school meals
1997	4,479,450	775,740	17.3	944,590	21.1	3,036,990	381,240	12.6	552,900	18.2
1998	4,508,920	731,580	16.2	891,050	19.8	3,069,030	367,800	12.0	537,070	17.5
1999	4,507,660	690,320	15.3	853,020	18.9	3,118,280	367,800	11.8	527,340	16.9
2000	4,481,680	671,490	15.0	821,520	18.3	3,178,000	368,300	11.6	523,630	16.5
2001	4,451,220	631,640	14.2	783,510	17.6	3,226,970	353,470	11.0	509,680	15.8
2002	4,405,640	616,630	14.0	754,510	17.1	3,260,930	354,260	10.9	486,350	14.9
2003	4,350,260	604,910	13.9	731,610	16.8	3,308,490	349,780	10.6	478,920	14.5
2004	4,293,180	608,760	14.2	741,150	17.3	3,326,800	351,380	10.6	477,290	14.3
2005	4,243,110	568,350	13.4	717,230	16.9	3,317,590	335,140	10.1	465,520	14.0

⁽⁴⁵⁾Includes middle schools as deemed
⁽⁴⁶⁾Prior to 2003 'Number on roll' includes all full and part-time pupils who are solely registered, excluding boarding pupils. Due to underlying changes in data collection, this coverage was extended to also include all pupils with dual (main) registration and boarding pupils from 2003.
⁽⁴⁷⁾Based upon school level numbers of pupils who had a free school meal on the day of the Census in January. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census

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