§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what percentage of primary school children received free school meals in(i) York, (ii) North Yorkshire, (iii) Yorkshire and Humberside and (iv) England in each year since 1979. [31588]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe available information is shown in the table. Comparable information prior to 1989 is not available although results of earlier school meals censuses were published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy in, for example, "School Meal Statistics at October 1988" copies of which are available in the Library. Information for York is not available.
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Numbers and percentages1 of day pupils taking free school meals in maintained primary school in North Yorkshire local education authority, Yorkshire and Humberside and England Position in January each year North Yorkshire LEA Yorkshire and Humberside England Year Pupils Per cent. Pupils Per cent. Pupils Per cent. 1989 3,403 6 62,179 15 511,360 13 1990 3,566 6 61,888 14 515,277 13 1991 4,033 7 65,871 15 559,042 14 1992 4,938 9 77,015 18 676,613 17 1993 5,513 9 85,246 19 768,784 18 1994 6,073 10 89,032 19 810,648 19 1 The number of day pupils who took a free meal on the census day expressed as a percentage of the number of day pupils on roll.