school Meals (Hansard, 24 May 2004)

§ Mr. Stephen Twigg

Available information relates to (i) the number of pupils who are known to be eligible for and claim a free school meal, and (ii) the number of pupils who took a free school meal.

Figures for Brent East are given in the table. The same information for local education authorities in London has been placed in the House of Commons Library.

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Maintained primary and secondary schools¹: School meal arrangements as at January 2004 (provisional)²—London local education authority areas
		Secondary schools
		Number of pupils on roll³	pupils who are known to be eligible for and claim free school meals	Pupils who have free school meals⁴
		Number	Percentage⁵	Number	Percentage⁵
	London	420,270	100,400	23.9	77,310	18.4
Inner London	126,160	49,460	39.2	39,080	31.0
202	Camden	9,700	2,890	29.8	2,450	25.3
201	City of London	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—
204	Hackney	7,350	3,060	41.7	2,130	28.9
205	Hammersmith and Fulham	7,220	2,350	32.5	1,900	26.3
309	Haringey	11,250	4,290	38.1	3,710	33.0
206	Islington	7,880	3,540	45.0	2,590	32.9
207	Kensington and Chelsea	3,500	990	28.4	830	23.8
208	Lambeth	7,800	3,050	39.1	2,550	32.7
209	Lewisham	11,650	3,560	30.6	2,570	22.1
316	Newham	18,140	7,830	43.2	6,240	34.4
210	Southwark	10,040	4,650	46.3	4,110	40.9
211	Tower Hamlets	12,930	7,680	59.4	5,350	41.4
212	Wandsworth	10,300	2,710	26.3	2,070	20.1
213	Westminster	8,410	2,850	33.9	2,590	30.8
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed.
² Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10
³ Includes pupils with single and dual registration.
⁴ The number of pupils who took a free school meal on the day of the census.
⁵ Pupils expressed as a percentage of total pupils on roll.
⁶Not applicable; no schools of this type
Source:
Annual Schools' Census

Maintained primary and secondary schools¹: School meal arrangements as at January 2004 (provisional)²—London local education authority areas
		Primary schools
		Number of pupils on roll³	pupils who are known to be eligible for and claim free school meals	Pupils who have free school meals⁴
		Number	Percentage⁵	Number	Percentage⁵
	Outer London	398,580	79,150	19.9	64,270	16.1
301	Barking and Dagenham	18,490	4,510	24.4	3,840	20.8
302	Barnet	25,830	4,900	19.0	4,130	16.0
303	Bexley	21,480	2,770	12.9	1,960	9.1
304	Brent	22,820	6,670	29.2	5,550	24.3
305	Bromley	24,210	3,320	13.7	2,570	10.6
306	Croydon	30,300	6,650	22.0	5,350	17.6
307	Ealing	26,200	6,720	25.7	5,450	20.8
308	Enfield	26,840	6,710	25.0	5,710	21.3
203	Greenwich	20,660	7,380	35.7	5,680	27.5
310	Harrow	19,520	3,090	15.8	2,520	12.9
311	Havering	20,110	2,400	11.9	1,920	9.6
312	Hillingdon	24,210	3,950	16.3	2,900	12.0
313	Hounslow	18,980	4,250	22.4	3,660	19.3
314	Kingston upon Thames	11,640	920	7.9	750	6.4
315	Merton	14,570	2,030	13.9	1,670	11.4
317	Redbridge	23,680	3,870	16.4	3,240	13.7
318	Richmond upon Thames	12,590	1,180	9.4	970	7.7
319	Sutton	15,140	2,030	13.4	1,670	11.0
320	Waltham Forest	21,320	5,810	27.3	4,750	22.3

Maintained primary and secondary schools¹: School meal arrangements as at January 2004 (provisional)²—London local education authority areas
		Secondary schools
		Number of pupils on roll³	pupils who are known to be eligible for and claim free school meals	Pupils who have free school meals⁴
		Number	Percentage⁵	Number	Percentage⁵
	Outer London	294,110	50,940	17.3	38,220	13.0
301	Barking and Dagenham	12,090	3,220	26.6	2,140	17.7
302	Barnet	21,150	3,280	15.5	2,530	12.0
303	Bexley	18,020	1,530	8.5	1,120	6.2
304	Brent	15,940	3,500	21.9	2,590	16.2
305	Bromley	22,240	2,300	10.4	1,780	8.0

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Maintained primary and secondary schools¹: School meal arrangements as at January 2004 (provisional)²—London local education authority areas
				Secondary schools
		Number of pupils on roll³	pupils who are known to be eligible for and claim free school meals	Pupils who have free school meals⁴
		Number	Percentage⁵	Number	Percentage⁵
306	Croydon	18,680	3,490	18.7	2,770	14.8
307	Ealing	14,950	4,210	28.1	3,410	22.8
308	Enfield	21,640	4,350	20.1	2,690	12.4
203	Greenwich	14,410	4,250	29.5	3,100	21.5
310	Harrow	9,050	1,650	18.2	1,380	15.2
311	Havering	16,520	1,630	9.9	1,280	7.7
312	Hillingdon	17,810	2,960	16.6	2,310	12.9
313	Hounslow	16,680	3,110	18.7	2,780	16.6
314	Kingston upon Thames	9,340	810	8.7	680	7.3
315	Merton	8,600	1,370	16.0	1,030	11.9
317	Redbridge	20,020	2,960	14.8	2,060	10.3
318	Richmond upon Thames	7,350	1,210	16.5	940	12.7
319	Sutton	15,730	1,280	8.1	940	6.0
320	Waltham Forest	13,890	3,840	27.6	2,710	19.5
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed.
² Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
³ Includes pupils with single and dual registration.
⁴ The number of pupils who took a free school meal on the day of the census.
⁵ Pupils expressed as a percentage of total pupils on roll.
⁶ Not applicable; no schools of this type
Source:
Annual Schools' Census