HC Deb 26 April 1989 vol 151 cc554-5W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the October 1988 census figures for each local education authority for the number of(a) pupils present, (b) pupils taking paid meals, (c) pupils taking free meals, and (d) pupils taking meals in total.

Mr. Butcher

The figures are given in the table. They relate to maintained primary, secondary and special schools and are based on the number of pupils present in schools on the day in October 1988 on which the survey was carried out. As explained in my reply of 14 April, the full results of the survey are contained in the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy publication "School Meals Statistics at October 1988" which will shortly be available in the Library.

LEA Present Taking paid meals Taking free meals Total taking meals
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 34,794 10,550 10,579 21,129
North Tyneside 27,094 12,157 4,833 16,990
South Tyneside 22,709 8,052 4,900 12,952
Sunderland 44,228 15,434 9,981 25,415
Birmingham 149,126 41,522 39,275 80,797
Coventry 42,158 9,832 8,371 18,203
Dudley 37,636 10,059 4,748 14,807
Sandwell 43,209 12,665 8,274 20,939
Solihull 29,563 10,157 2,857 13,014
Walsall 40,391 15,437 7,402 22,839
Wolverhampton 36,008 6,075 6,534 12,609
Bradford 72,930 25,277 15,334 40,611
Calderdale 28,729 11,763 3,718 15,481
Kirklees n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Leeds 92,660 37,662 13,648 51,310
Wakefield 42,612 20,657 5,886 26,543
Avon 121,886 35,946 12,886 48,832
Bedfordshire 74,096 28,678 6,929 35,607
Berkshire 92,750 33,407 4,532 37,939
Buckinghamshire 80,945 6,087 3,160 9,247
Cambridgeshire 89,079 23,717 5,659 29,376
Cheshire 133,800 49,470 14,880 64,350
Cleveland 84,265 35,839 21,012 56,851
Cornwall 60,076 24,791 5,508 30,299
Cumbria 66,533 32,432 6,225 38,657
Derbyshire 128,699 80,429 13,574 94,003
Devon 108,956 44,464 11,959 56,423
Dorset 71,944 12,475 3,180 15,655
Durham 82,556 37,914 13,349 51,263
East Sussex 74,451 25,354 5,961 31,315
Essex 198,213 58,693 12,959 71,652
Gloucestershire 67,305 15,483 4,625 20,108
Hampshire 188,331 45,895 12,434 58,329
Hereford and Worcester 87,442 16,942 5,797 22,739
Hertfordshire 129,066 57,789 6,533 64,322
Humberside 121,489 43,609 17,518 61,127
Isle of Wight 15,147 5,305 1,582 6,887
Kent 188,044 66,023 13,099 79,122
Lancashire 193,585 70,966 26,946 97,912
Leicestershire 124,901 39,564 11,146 50,710
Lincolnshire 75,177 12,857 4,521 17,378
Norfolk 91,732 24,505 8,590 33,095
Northamptonshire 86,097 22,895 6,221 29,116
Northumberland 44,561 19,914 4,322 24,236
North Yorkshire 87,435 38,181 5,521 43,702
Nottinghamshire 131,941 44,888 18,419 63,307
Oxfordshire 64,445 24,327 3,108 27,435
Shropshire 54,985 22,721 5,787 28,508
Somerset 57,623 19,777 3,269 23,046
Staffordshire 141,700 43,729 13,834 57,563
Suffolk 79,147 31,618 5,335 36,953
Surrey 105,386 43,443 3,855 47,298
Warwickshire 65,021 18,552 4,732 23,284
West Sussex 81,365 33,067 3,347 36,414
Wiltshire 70,895 22,456 3,878 26,334
Isles of Scilly 110 6 1 7
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