§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the entitlement to free school meals in(a) West Glamorgan, (b) Wales and (c) the United Kingdom from 1979 to the latest available date expressed (i) numerically and (ii) in percentage terms indicating the figures for (1) primary school pupils and (2) secondary school pupils and (3) total pupils. [38261]
§ Mr. RichardsThe following table shows the number of children entitled to free school meals in maintained primary and secondary schools in West Glamorgan and Wales, and the percentage they represent of the total number of children on the school rolls. No comparable information is available for the United Kingdom. Data for West Glamorgan and Wales are not available prior to 1988, as information was not collected on the number of pupils entitled to free school meals.
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Primary schools Secondary schools Primary and secondary schools West Glamorgan Wales West Glamorgan Wales West Glamorgan Wales At Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. September 1990 6,744 18.5 48,860 17.9 3,358 14.8 24,865 13.4 10,102 17.1 73,725 16.1 September 1991 7,733 21.1 56,593 20.6 3,842 16.7 29,220 15.4 11,575 19.4 85,813 18.5 September 1992 8,305 22.6 62,973 22.7 4,338 18.6 33,320 17.2 12,643 21.1 96,293 20.5 January 19941 9,342 24.6 71,675 25.1 5,003 21.0 36,526 18.8 14,345 23.2 108,201 22.5 Source:
School Census.
1 From 1993–94 onwards school meal data has been collected at January not September.