HC Deb 10 January 1995 vol 252 cc72-4W
Ms Lynne

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils aged(a) under seven, (b) between seven and 11 and (c) over 11 years of age, in each local authority area in England received (i) school meals and (ii) pre-school meals.

Mr. Robin Squire

Information on the number of school meals taken by pupils in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in each local education authority in England in January 1994 is shown in the table. Information is not collected centrally on the take-up of school meals according to pupils' ages or in respect of the level of provision of school meals prior to the start of the school day.

Numbers of day-pupils taking free and paid school meals in maintained schools in England—January 1994
Local education authority Nursery and primary Secondary
Corporation of London 158
Camden 6,974 4,736
Greenwich 10,946 5,200
Hackney 11,782 4,118
Hammersmith and Fulham 6,747 4,199
Islington 10,571 3,118
Kensington and Chelsea 4,249 2,081
Lambeth 13,079 4,075
Lewisham 12,874 5,049
Southwark 14,664 5,792
Tower Hamlets 15,262 6,455
Wandsworth 10,744 5,320
Westminster 6,696 4,018
Barking and Dagenham 7,296 3,062
Barnet 11,578 10,629
Bexley 7,464 4,270
Brent 10,984 4,563
Bromley 8,967 8,287
Croydon 13,197 7,255
Ealing 10,450 6,919
Enfield 9,711 6,628
Haringey 11,250 4,912
Harrow 1,538 3,103
Havering 7,951 4,922
Hillingdon 3,153 5,359
Hounslow 8,725 7,629
Kingston upon Thames 1,494 2,575
Merton 5,260 2,737
Newham 12,426 4,127
Redbridge 9,797 6,436
Richmond upon Thames 3,990 2,941
Sutton 5,501 5,514
Waltham Forest 10,914 5,482
Birmingham 57,414 38,742
Coventry 12,129 6,151
Dudley 11,222 7,338
Sandwell 12,994 5,355
Solihull 9,646 6,097
Walsall 11,010 9,534
Wolverhampton 10,920 6,064
Knowsley 9,856 4,458
Liverpool 28,663 15,538
St. Helens 7,452 6,681
Sefton 10,469 8,443
Wirral 15,996 9,952
Bolton 14,934 9,781
Bury 8,986 4,845
Manchester 31,966 11,742
Oldham 15,048 8,522
Rochdale 12,432 6,444
Salford 15,298 4,785
Stockport 11,955 8,873
Tameside 12,030 6,497
Trafford 7,207 6,915
Wigan 13,059 8,537
Barnsley 10,865 5,495
Doncaster 20,008 10,463
Rotherham 12,392 4,412
Sheffield 19,845 11,030
Bradford 21,378 24,339
Calderdale 10,710 5,282
Kirklees 21,461 9,675
Leeds 32,138 19,354
Wakefield 12,675 5,887
Gateshead 10,742 2,583
Newcastle upon Tyne 13,874 7,729
North Tyneside 8,942 6,550
South Tyneside 10,454 4,493
Sunderland 16,611 5,626
Isles of Scilly 62 49
Avon 34,730 18,630
Numbers of day-pupils taking free and paid school meals in maintained schools in England—January 1994
Local education authority Nursery and primary Secondary
Bedfordshire 24,683 20,713
Berkshire 23,039 19,421
Buckinghamshire 6,494 8,747
Cambridgeshire 24,007 13,364
Cheshire 37,448 30,965
Cleveland 37,517 14,582
Cornwall 17,108 15,240
Cumbria 21,183 16,741
Derbyshire 45,941 36,572
Devon 31,987 30,391
Dorset 4,254 14,105
Durham 37,023 15,187
East Sussex 22,514 12,316
Essex 47,946 35,338
Gloucestershire 12,452 10,215
Hampshire 48,253 28,470
Hereford and Worcester 8,400 15,251
Hertfordshire 40,492 28,858
Humberside 48,464 29,348
Isle of Wight 3,354 4,471
Kent 52,317 40,914
Lancashire 58,919 44,315
Leicestershire 32,602 24,727
Lincolnshire 4,367 14,978
Norfolk 25,741 13,836
North Yorkshire 26,083 22,807
Northamptonshire 7,626 14,117
Northumberland 12,125 14,835
Nottinghamshire 42,364 24,073
Oxfordshire 14,431 10,433
Shropshire 18,248 13,604
Somerset 6,238 9,635
Staffordshire 48,268 24,216
Suffolk 18,188 17,816
Surrey 36,255 20,432
Warwickshire 18,472 10,011
West Sussex 21,725 11,809
Wiltshire 15,971 13,703
England 1,886,464 1,250,958

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