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Free School Meals

Mr. Wills: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many primary school pupils were eligible for free school meals in Swindon in each year since 1997; what percentage of the total this represented in each year; and how many took up their entitlement in each year. [86639]

Jim Knight: The available information is shown in the tables.

Maintained primary schools( 1) : school meal arrangements 1997-2006( 2) . Position in January each year. Swindon local authority and England
	Swindon local authority area( 3)
	Number on roll( 4)	Number of pupils taking free school meals	Percentage taking free school meals	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals
1998	18,047	2,223	12.3	2,768	15.3
1999	18,072	1,925	10.7	2,563	14.2
2000	17,928	1,830	10.2	2,372	13.2
2001	17,901	1,739	9.7	2,238	12.5
2002	17,626	1,638	9.3	2,104	11.9
2003	17,350	1,692	9.8	2,065	11.9
2004	17,249	1,641	9.5	2,134	12.4
2005	16,857	1,338	7.9	1,861	11.0
2006(2)	16,906	1,180	7.0	1,494	8.8

	England
	Number on roll( 4)	Number of pupils taking free school meals	Percentage taking free school meals	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals
1998	4,460,128	727,838	16.3	886,069	19.9
1999	4,507,663	690,321	15.3	853,020	18.9
2000	4,435,343	668,177	15.1	816,994	18.4
2001	4,406,187	628,507	14.3	779,307	17.7
2002	4,363,270	613,561	14.1	750,594	17.2
2003	4,309,777	601,896	14.0	727,631	16.9
2004	4,254,206	605,839	14.2	737,220	17.3
2005	4,205,665	565,829	13.5	713,684	17.0
2006(2)	4,150,593	553,688	13.3	666,886	16.1
(1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2 )Provisional. (3 )Swindon local authority was formed in April 1997 as a result of Local Government Reorganisation, therefore there is no data available prior to this. (4 )Prior to 2003 ‘Number on roll’ includes all full-time 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. Source: Schools Census.

Higher Education

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many students from Cornwall were in (a) full-time and (b) part-time higher education in the UK excluding Cornwall in each year since 1990, broken down by (i) the socio-economic classifications of students’ parents or guardians, (ii) sex and (iii) age; [85064]

(2) how many students were in (a) full-time and (b) part-time higher education in Cornwall in each year since 1990, broken down by (i) the socio-economic classifications of students’ parents or guardians, (ii) sex and (iii) age. [85065]

Bill Rammell [holding answer 13 July 2006]: The latest available information is shown in the tables. Data for the years prior to 1996/97 are not held centrally.

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Undergraduate students from the UK studying in Cornwall( 1)
	1996/97		1997/98		1998/99		1999/2000
	FT	PT	FT	PT	FT	PT	FT	PT
Total	860	45	895	55	870	45	935	45
of which:
Gender
Male	460	5	460	5	410	5	415	5
Female	400	40	435	50	460	40	520	40
Age
Under 21	395	0	415	0	430	0	475	0
21 and over	470	45	480	55	440	45	460	40

	2000/01		2001/02		2002/03		2003/04		2004/05
	FT	PT	FT	PT	FT	PT	FT	PT	FT	PT
Total	1,060	50	1,155	40	1,280	40	1,430	50	1,555	50
of which:
Gender
Male	450	5	490	5	545	5	645	10	685	10
Female	610	45	665	35	735	35	785	40	870	40
Age
Under 21	560	0	595	0	665	0	770	0	865	0
21 and over	500	50	565	40	610	40	660	50	685	50
(1) Including students from Cornwall. Covers students at higher education institutions located in Cornwall. Notes: 1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5, so constituent parts may not sum to totals. 2. Excludes students at institutions outside Cornwall which have campuses within Cornwall. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

Undergraduate students from Cornwall( 1) studying in the UK (excluding those studying in Cornwall)
	1996/97		1997/98		1998/99		1999/2000
	FT	PT	FT	PT	FT	PT	FT	PT
Total	6,625	2,515	6,900	2,305	7,130	2,625	7,310	2,920
of which:
Gender
Male	3,210	925	3,300	885	3,410	920	3,440	990
Female	3,415	1,590	3,600	1,420	3,720	1,705	3,870	1,930
Age
Under 21	3,850	50	4,080	35	4,315	55	4,510	60
21 and over	2,775	2,460	2,820	2,265	2,815	2,570	2,800	2,855

	2000/01		2001/02		2002/03		2003/04		2004/05
	FT	PT	FT	PT	FT	PT	FT	PT	FT	PT
Total	7,365	3,075	7,455	3,245	7,450	3,570	7,690	4,125	7,720	4,115
of which:
Gender
Male	3,405	1,075	3,440	1,125	3,340	1,155	3,400	1,260	3,335	1,275
Female	3,960	2,000	4,015	2,120	4,110	2,415	4,290	2,865	4,385	2,840
Age
Under 21	4,470	90	4,430	85	4,300	85	4,450	100	4,390	125
21 and over	2,895	2,985	3,025	3,165	3,150	3,480	3,245	4,025	3,330	3,985
(1) Students from Cornwall have been identified by reference to their home postcode. The proportion of students who provided a valid postcode has increased in each year since 1996/97 and this will have contributed to the increase in the number of students from Cornwall shown in the table. Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5, so constituent parts may not sum to totals. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

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First degree students from the UK studying in Cornwall( 1)
FT
	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05
Total	1,275	1,335	1,555
of which:
Socio economic group( 2)
1-3	245	565	860
4-7	105	305	425
Not known	925	465	270
(1) Including students from Cornwall. (2) Socio-economic information was collected for the first time in 2002/03. It was only collected for students who entered full-time courses via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). Comparable information is not available for students on part-time courses. Prior to 2002/03 a different classification of social background was used but this is not available from the HESA data. Notes: 1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5, so constituent parts may not sum to totals. 2. The categories of socio-economic groups are: 1 = Higher managerial and professional occupations, 2 = Lower managerial and professional occupations, 3 = Intermediate occupations, 4 = Small employers and own account workers, 5 = Lower supervisory and technical occupations, 6 = Semi-routine occupations, 7 = Routine occupations. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

First degree students from Cornwall studying in the UK (excluding those studying in Cornwall)
FT
	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05
Total	6,075	6,220	6,155
of which:
Socio economic group( 1)
1-3	945	1,885	2,705
4-7	505	1,010	1,445
Not known	4,625	3,325	2,005
(1) Socio-economic information was collected for the first time in 2002/03. It was only collected for students who entered full-time courses via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). Comparable information is not available for students on part-time courses. Prior to 2002/03 a different classification of social background was used but this is not available from the HESA data. Notes: 1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5, so constituent parts may not sum to totals. 2. The categories of socio-economic groups are: 1 = Higher managerial and professional occupations, 2 = Lower managerial and professional occupations, 3 = Intermediate occupations, 4 = Small employers and own account workers, 5 = Lower supervisory and technical occupations, 6 = Semi-routine occupations, 7 = Routine occupations. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

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