Free School Meals

HC Deb 17 October 1996 vol 282 cc1132-3W

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many and what percentage of(a) primary and (b) secondary school children in each south Yorkshire local authority received free school meals in each year since 1989. [40826]

Mrs. Gillan

The information is shown in the following table.

Position in January each year
	1993	1994	1995	1996
	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.
Primary
Barnsley	4,702	22	4,891	23	4,838	22	4,770	22
Doncaster	7,089	24	7,196	24	6,986	24	7,412	24
Rotherham	5,147	21	5,424	22	5,465	22	5,598	22
Sheffield	9,887	23	10,105	23	9,943	22	10,290	22
Secondary1
Barnsley	1,735	14	1,844	14	1,973	15	1,911	15
Doncaster	3,102	15	3,500	16	3,780	16	3,172	15
Rotherham	1,799	10	1,976	11	2,032	11	1,952	10
Sheffield	4,193	16	4,176	15	4,200	15	4,271	16
1 Figures for years prior to 1994 include Sixth Form Colleges.