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Joan Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what proportion of pupils in (a) Stoke-on-Trent and (b) England received free school meals in the last period for which figures are available; [268221]

(2) what estimate he has made of the proportion of pupils in (a) Stoke-on-Trent and (b) England ineligible for free school meals who are classified as living below the poverty line; [268222]

(3) what estimate he has made of the proportion of pupils in Stoke-on-Trent who are eligible for free school meals and do not claim them. [268223]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The available information relates to January 2008 and is shown in the table:


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Nursery and primary schools( 1) , secondary schools( 2) and special schools( 3) : School meal arrangements—Year: January 2008 (Final); Coverage: England

 Number of pupils on roll( 4) Pupils taking free school meals( 5) Percentage taking free school meals Pupils known to be eligible for free meals Percentage known to be eligible for free meals

Nursery and primary schools( 1)

England

4,127,840

538,460

13.0

641,490

15.5

Stoke on Trent

21,227

4,640

21.9

5,289

24.9

Secondary schools( 2)

England

3,294,580

326,480

9.9

433,140

13.1

Stoke on Trent

13,629

1,948

14.3

2,561

18.8

Special schools( 3)

England

90,690

24,520

27.0

28,680

31.6

Stoke on Trent

517

169

32.7

208

40.2

(1) Includes middle schools as deemed.
(2) Includes CTCs and academies
(3) Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools, excludes general hospital schools.
(4) Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils.
(5) The number of pupils recorded as taking a free meal on the Census date in January.
Note:
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
School Census

The information has been taken from Statistical First Release 09/2008: Pupil Characteristics and Class Sizes in Maintained Schools in England: January 2008 which can be found at:

No information is collected on the number of pupils who may be eligible for free school meals but do not submit a claim nor of children who may be living in poverty but are not eligible to receive free school meals.

Regional Ministers: Travel

Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether the Permanent Secretary of his Department has authorised expenditure on travel costs for the parliamentary assistant to the Minister for the North West in accordance with the circumstances envisaged in the Cabinet Secretary’s letter to Permanent Secretaries of 2 December 2008. [267159]

Beverley Hughes: Since guidance was issued by the Cabinet Secretary on 2 December 2008, the permanent secretary has not authorised any expenditure on travel costs for the parliamentary assistant to the Minister for the North West. Prior to that, the Department paid transport costs for the parliamentary assistant to attend an event in November in the Minister’s place when she was unable to attend due to parliamentary business.

Schools: Children In Care

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2009, Official Report, columns 753-54W, on schools: children in care, in which local authority each school is located. [260996]


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Beverley Hughes: The requested information has been placed in the Library.

Special Educational Needs: Disadvantaged

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils in each decile of income deprivation affecting children indices had statements of special educational needs in (a) Essex, (b) Southend, (c) Thurrock and (d) Castle Point in each of the last five years. [267442]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The requested information for the years 2004 and 2008 is given in the following tables.

Information for each of the last five years can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

(a) Essex local authority
Number of resident children with a statement of special educational needs( 2) Percentage of resident children with a statement of special educational needs
IDACI decile of pupil residence( 1) 2004 2008 2004 2008

0-10% most deprived

189

199

3.5

3.9

10-20%

404

465

3.2

3.9

20-30%

648

709

2.9

3.3

30-40%

602

705

2.6

3.1

40-50%

589

684

2.5

3.0

50-60%

483

595

2.0

2.5

60-70%

521

683

1.9

2.5

70-80%

375

479

1.7

2.1

80-90%

428

519

1.7

2.1

90-100% least deprived

274

354

1.6

2.1

Total

4,513

5,392

2.2

2.7

(1) Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index 2007 at super output area level.
(2) Includes solely registered pupils only.
Note:
Pupil residency figures include only those pupils with a valid postcode.
Source:
School Census.

(b) Southend local authority
Number of resident children with a statement of special educational needs( 2) Percentage of resident children with a statement of special educational needs
IDACI decile of pupil residence( 1) 2004 2008 2004 2008

0-10% most deprived

120

127

4.3

4.6

10-20%

150

165

4.2

4.8

20-30%

133

146

3.6

4.1

30-40%

137

129

3.2

3.2

40-50%

73

76

2.7

2.8

50-60%

50

58

1.7

2.1

60-70%

39

44

1.4

1.6

70-80%

35

27

2.1

1.6

80-90%

17

12

2.1

1.6

90-100% least deprived

15

14

1.5

1.6

Total

769

798

2.9

3.2

(1) Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index 2007 at super output area level.
(2) Includes solely registered pupils only.
Note:
Pupil residency figures include only those pupils with a valid postcode.
Source:
School Census.

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(c ) Thurrock local authority
Number of resident children with a statement of special educational needs( 2) Percentage of resident children with a statement of special educational needs
IDACI decile of pupil residence( 1) 2004 2008 2004 2008

0-10% most deprived

53

66

3.1

3.6

10-20%

81

92

3.6

4.3

20-30%

143

156

3.9

4.1

30-40%

106

119

3.7

4.1

40-50%

130

146

3.4

3.9

50-60%

61

76

2.8

3.6

60-70%

55

85

2.3

3.7

70-80%

68

78

2.3

2.6

80-90%

38

51

2.2

2.8

90-100% least deprived

14

19

2.1

2.4

Total

749

888

3.1

3.6

(1) Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index 2007 at super output area level.
(2) Includes solely registered pupils only.
Note:
Pupil residency figures include only those pupils with a valid postcode.
Source:
School Census.
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