§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many and what percentage of(a) primary and (b) secondary school children in North Yorkshire received free school meals in each year since 1979. [38928]
§ Mrs. GillanThe available information is shown in the following table. Comparable information prior to 1989 is not available, but figures from earlier school meals censuses were published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy in its "School Meal Statistics" volumes, copies of which are available in the Library.
Day-pupils taking free school meals in maintained primary and secondary schools in North Yorkshire Local Education Authority area: 1989–1995 Position in January each year Primary Secondary Pupils Percentage1 Pupils Percentage1 1989 3,403 6 1,880 4 1990 3,566 6 1,642 4 1991 4,033 7 1,682 4 1992 4,938 9 1,987 5 1993 5,513 9 2,288 5 1994 6,073 10 2,591 6 1995 6,336 10 2,803 6 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.