§ Mr. RichardsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each local education authority the proportion of children who received free school meals in(a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in the most recent year for which figures are available. [2004]
§ Mr. Jonathan EvansThe information requested is contained in the following table.
Number of pupils taking free meals on the day of the Schools' Census (16 January in 1996) expressed as a percentage of the number of pupils in attendance on that day, by unitary authority Primary schools Secondary schools Blaenau Gwent 29.3 21.1 Bridgend 23.5 15.9 Caerphilly 29.1 20.8 Cardiff 29.0 17.8 Carmarthenshire 20.9 13.9 Ceredigion 17.9 11.3 Conwy 20.5 17.1 Denbighshire 19.7 12.9 Flintshire 16.1 10.1 Gwynedd 21.3 13.9 Isle of Anglesey 24.0 14.7 Merthyr Tydfil 34.0 19.7 Monmouthshire 13.9 9.4 Neath Port Talbot 26.0 17.4 Newport 29.8 18.2 Pembrokeshire 25.2 17.1 Powys 12.8 6.8 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 29.1 19.9 Swansea 24.8 19.8 Torfaen 26.8 20.4 The Vale of Glamorgan 19.5 12.4 Wrexham 18.6 13.1 Wales 24.0 16.1