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Mr. Waterson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in
(a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex received free school meals in each of the last 10 years. [267247]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The requested information is shown in the table, together with the numbers of children eligible for free school meals.
Maintained nursery and primary schools(1) and state-funded secondary schools( 1,2) : pupils taking( 3) and known to be eligible for free school meals: As at January each year in East Sussex local authority and Eastbourne parliamentary constituency | ||||||||||
East Sussex local authority | ||||||||||
Maintained Nursery and Primary Schools | State-funded Secondary Schools | |||||||||
No. on roll( 4) | No. of pupils taking free school meals | % taking free school meals | No. known to be eligible for free school meals | % known to be eligible for free school meals | No. on roll( 4) | No. of pupils taking free school meals | % taking free school meals | No. known to be eligible for free school meals | % known to be eligible for free school meals | |
Eastbourne parliamentary constituency | ||||||||||
Maintained Nursery and Primary Schools | State-funded Secondary Schools | |||||||||
No. on roll( 4) | No. of pupils taking free school meals | % taking free school meals | No. known to be eligible for free school meals | % known to be eligible for free school meals | No. on roll( 4) | No. of pupils taking free school meals | % taking free school meals | No. known to be eligible for free school meals | % known to be eligible for free school meals | |
(1) Includes middle-schools as deemed. (2) Includes city technology colleges and academies (3) Number of pupils who took a free school meal on the day of the January census (4) Prior to 2003, this 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. |
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of pupils who may be eligible for free school meals but whose parents have not applied for them; and if he will make a statement. [267737]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Information on the number of pupils who may be eligible for free school meals but do not submit a claim is not collected by the Department.
The latest information on free school meals is published in Table E38, B9 and B20 of the Statistical First Release 09/2008: Pupil Characteristics and Class Sizes in Maintained Schools in England: January 2008, this can be found at this website;
Mr. Newmark: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in (a) Braintree, (b) Essex and (c) England received free school meals in each year since 1997. [268034]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The requested information is shown in the table, together with the numbers of children eligible for free school meals. The numbers receiving free school meals on Census day are regarded as fewer representatives than the numbers eligible.
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