§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of(a) primary school children and (b) secondary school children have been eligible for free school meals in the last three financial years in each English and Welsh county. [36772]
§ Mrs. GillanInformation on pupils known to be eligible for free school meals in each local education authority area in England in 1993,1994 and 1995 (provisional) is shown in the table. 369W
Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals (1)in maintained primary and secondary schools in each local education 1993 1994 1995 (provisional) Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Stockport 18 14 17 14 18 16 Tameside 24 19 24 20 25 20 Trafford 19 19 20 20 19 21 Wigan 21 17 21 18 21 18 Barnsley 26 22 27 23 27 23 Doncaster 27 21 28 23 28 24 Rotherham 24 17 25 19 25 19 Sheffield 32 24 28 24 28 25 Bradford 27 30 27 31 27 31 Calderdale 21 16 22 18 23 19 Kirklees 22 17 23 18 23 19 Leeds 20 18 21 19 22 19 Wakefield 20 16 21 17 20 18 Gateshead 29 24 30 25 29 26 Newcastle upon Tyne 40 27 41 27 40 28 North Tyneside 23 17 24 18 25 19 South Tyneside 35 24 36 26 37 27 Sunderland 30 24 29 26 30 28 Isles of Scilly 5 3 6 36 11 40 Avon 22 15 21 16 20 14 Bedfordshire 20 15 21 17 21 17 Berkshire 13 7 14 9 14 9 Buckinghamshire 8 7 9 9 9 9 Cambridgeshire 16 12 17 13 17 13 Cheshire 16 11 17 12 17 12 Cleveland 29 25 30 38 31 28 Cornwall 19 15 19 16 19 16 Cumbria 15 10 16 12 17 12 Derbyshire 18 13 24 14 18 14 Devon 20 12 21 13 20 13 Dorset 9 9 10 10 9 10 Durham 25 16 25 17 25 20 East Sussex 21 16 22 18 21 17 Essex 17 11 19 12 18 13 Gloucestershire 16 10 17 11 15 10 Hampshire 17 10 17 11 16 11 Hereford and Worcester 10 8 11 10 11 10 Hertfordshire 13 9 14 10 14 10 Humberside 22 17 24 17 22 18 Isle of Wight 25 18 27 21 24 19 Kent 17 12 19 13 19 14 Lancashire 26 18 25 20 24 20 Leicestershire 24 12 18 13 18 13 Lincolnshire 8 9 8 10 8 10 Norfolk 20 10 17 11 17 11 North Yorkshire 29 7 12 7 12 8 Northamptonshire 11 10 12 13 13 13 Northumberland 20 12 19 13 19 13 Nottinghamshire 23 18 25 20 25 21 Oxfordshire 13 9 13 10 12 9 Shropshire 18 12 18 14 18 14 Somerset 12 10 13 11 13 11 Staffordshire 19 13 20 13 20 14 Suffolk 15 11 16 12 16 12 Surrey 11 6 12 7 11 8 Warwickshire 14 8 15 9 14 9 West Sussex 15 8 15 9 15 9 Wiltshire 16 9 15 10 15 10 England 22 16 22 18 22 18 (1) Day pupils known to be eligible for a free school mean as a percentage of day pupils on roll