HC Deb 19 October 1995 vol 264 cc368-9W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of(a) primary school children and (b) secondary school children have been eligible for free school meals in the last three financial years in each English and Welsh county. [36772]

Mrs. Gillan

Information on pupils known to be eligible for free school meals in each local education authority area in England in 1993,1994 and 1995 (provisional) is shown in the table.

Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals (1)in maintained primary and secondary schools in each local education
1993 1994 1995 (provisional)
Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary
Stockport 18 14 17 14 18 16
Tameside 24 19 24 20 25 20
Trafford 19 19 20 20 19 21
Wigan 21 17 21 18 21 18
Barnsley 26 22 27 23 27 23
Doncaster 27 21 28 23 28 24
Rotherham 24 17 25 19 25 19
Sheffield 32 24 28 24 28 25
Bradford 27 30 27 31 27 31
Calderdale 21 16 22 18 23 19
Kirklees 22 17 23 18 23 19
Leeds 20 18 21 19 22 19
Wakefield 20 16 21 17 20 18
Gateshead 29 24 30 25 29 26
Newcastle upon Tyne 40 27 41 27 40 28
North Tyneside 23 17 24 18 25 19
South Tyneside 35 24 36 26 37 27
Sunderland 30 24 29 26 30 28
Isles of Scilly 5 3 6 36 11 40
Avon 22 15 21 16 20 14
Bedfordshire 20 15 21 17 21 17
Berkshire 13 7 14 9 14 9
Buckinghamshire 8 7 9 9 9 9
Cambridgeshire 16 12 17 13 17 13
Cheshire 16 11 17 12 17 12
Cleveland 29 25 30 38 31 28
Cornwall 19 15 19 16 19 16
Cumbria 15 10 16 12 17 12
Derbyshire 18 13 24 14 18 14
Devon 20 12 21 13 20 13
Dorset 9 9 10 10 9 10
Durham 25 16 25 17 25 20
East Sussex 21 16 22 18 21 17
Essex 17 11 19 12 18 13
Gloucestershire 16 10 17 11 15 10
Hampshire 17 10 17 11 16 11
Hereford and Worcester 10 8 11 10 11 10
Hertfordshire 13 9 14 10 14 10
Humberside 22 17 24 17 22 18
Isle of Wight 25 18 27 21 24 19
Kent 17 12 19 13 19 14
Lancashire 26 18 25 20 24 20
Leicestershire 24 12 18 13 18 13
Lincolnshire 8 9 8 10 8 10
Norfolk 20 10 17 11 17 11
North Yorkshire 29 7 12 7 12 8
Northamptonshire 11 10 12 13 13 13
Northumberland 20 12 19 13 19 13
Nottinghamshire 23 18 25 20 25 21
Oxfordshire 13 9 13 10 12 9
Shropshire 18 12 18 14 18 14
Somerset 12 10 13 11 13 11
Staffordshire 19 13 20 13 20 14
Suffolk 15 11 16 12 16 12
Surrey 11 6 12 7 11 8
Warwickshire 14 8 15 9 14 9
West Sussex 15 8 15 9 15 9
Wiltshire 16 9 15 10 15 10
England 22 16 22 18 22 18
(1) Day pupils known to be eligible for a free school mean as a percentage of day pupils on roll

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