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Pupils: Disadvantaged

Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in
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(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

1999

38,540

4,620

12.0

5,930

15.4

26,360

2,580

9.8

3,760

14.3

2000

38,430

4,460

11.6

5,760

15.0

27,130

2,660

9.8

3,760

13.9

2001

38,270

4,250

11.1

5,640

14.7

27,810

2,500

9.0

3,640

13.1

2002

38,050

4,030

10.6

5,250

13.8

28,090

2,310

8.2

3,370

12.0

2003

37,760

3,980

10.5

5,140

13.6

28,610

2,330

8.2

3,210

11.2

2004

37,120

3,760

10.1

4,850

13.1

29,070

2,200

7.6

3,290

11.3

2005

36,980

3,640

9.8

4,630

12.5

28,820

2,160

7.5

3,160

11.0

2006

36,290

3,490

9.6

4,230

11.7

28,710

2,310

8.0

2,980

10.4

2007

35,790

3,090

8.6

3,980

11.1

28,520

2,020

7.1

2,780

9.7

2008

35,480

3,200

9.0

3,940

11.1

28,160

2,200

7.8

2,660

9.5


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

1999

7,030

960

13.6

1,260

17.9

4,650

600

13.0

900

19.2

2000

7,120

980

13.8

1,290

18.1

4,880

650

13.2

880

17.9

2001

7,060

960

13.6

1,270

18.0

5,210

590

11.4

830

15.9

2002

7,110

900

12.6

1,170

16.4

5,340

570

10.7

720

13.5

2003

7,210

920

12.7

1,200

16.7

5,570

550

9.8

780

14.0

2004

7,050

890

12.6

1,120

15.9

5,670

540

9.5

770

13.7

2005

7,010

840

11.9

1,100

15.7

5,690

500

8.8

760

13.3

2006

7,000

830

11.9

1,000

14.3

5,740

560

9.7

760

13.3

2007

6,950

730

10.5

960

13.8

5,790

480

8.2

710

12.3

2008

6,940

770

11.1

900

13.0

5,660

580

10.3

690

12.2

(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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