HC Deb 25 November 1992 vol 214 c698W
Mr. Ronnie Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils received free school meals in Blyth Valley and Northumberland at(a) primary and (b) secondary schools for each year since 1988.

Mr. Forth

Information for schools in Blyth valley is not available centrally. The numbers of children taking free school meals in maintained primary and secondary schools in Northumberland local education authority for each year from 1988 to 1992 (provisional) are given in the table.

Pupils taking free school meals
Northumberland LEA 1Primary Secondary Total
21992 3,210 2,403 5,613
1991 2,814 2,162 4,976
1990 2,563 2,017 4,580
1989 2,512 2,036 4,548
1988 2,181 1,991 4,172
1 Primary figures 1989 to 1992 include pupils in nursery schools. Primary figures in relation to 1988 do not include such pupils.
2 Provisional.