§ Mr. RaynsfordTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the total percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals in each local education authority in England in each of the last two years for which figures are available, indicating separately the percentages for(a) primary and (b) secondary schools. [19557]
§ Mrs. GillanThe information requested is shown in the following table.
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Number and percentage of day pupils known to be eligible for free school meals in maintained primary and secondary schools in local education authority areas in England. Position as at January in each year 1995 1996 primary secondary primary secondary number percentage number percentage number percentage number percentage Hillingdon 2,582 12 2,040 14 2,727 12 2,186 15 Hounslow 5,040 26 3,282 22 5,216 26 3,414 23 Kingston-upon-Thames 957 9 763 10 933 8 820 10 Merton 3,425 22 1,501 20 3,468 22 1,567 21 Newham 10,238 37 6,390 43 10,835 39 6,653 44 Redbridge 3,726 19 2,698 17 3,921 19 2,932 18 Richmond-upon-Thames 1,544 13 1,315 17 1,582 13 1,382 18 Sutton 1,899 14 982 8 2,067 14 1,125 9 Waltham Forest 6,915 33 4,247 36 6,764 32 4,277 36 Birmingham 40,536 37 23,158 35 41,521 38 24,308 37 Coventry 7,921 26 4,646 24 7,312 24 4,447 23 Dudley 5,494 18 3,044 17 5,631 18 3,144 17 Sandwell 9,447 29 4,872 26 9,203 28 4,755 25 Solihull 3,427 17 1,688 12 3,520 16 1,808 13 Walsall 7,621 27 4,844 24 7,364 26 4,730 24 Wolverhampton 7,049 27 4,097 25 7,013 27 3,994 25 Knowsley 9,268 46 5,005 53 9,054 45 5,176 55 Liverpool 20,983 42 12,636 41 21,345 42 13,216 42 St. Helens 4,299 24 2,121 18 5,573 31 2,665 23 Sefton 6,816 24 4,290 22 6,978 25 4,450 23 Wirral 9,829 31 5,754 27 9,948 31 6,066 27 Bolton 6,131 22 2,926 17 6,463 23 3,011 17 Bury 3,214 18 1,508 14 3,297 18 1,497 14 Manchester 22,394 48 9,858 45 22,218 47 10,006 45 Oldham 6,894 28 3,945 24 7,067 28 4,028 24 Rochdale 6,781 31 3,885 29 7,149 32 3,851 29 Salford 8,279 35 3,264 27 8,526 36 3,422 29 Stockport 4,680 18 2,529 16 4,817 18 2,689 17 Tameside 5,809 25 2,819 20 5,884 25 3,165 23 Trafford 4,091 19 2,578 21 4,137 19 2,775 22 Wigan 6,297 21 3,557 18 6,033 20 3,600 18 Barnsley 5,939 27 3,022 23 5,783 26 2,922 22 Doncaster 8,130 28 5,533 24 8,520 28 4,862 23 Rotherham 6,341 25 3,614 19 6,426 25 3,617 19 Sheffield 12,536 28 6,771 25 13,105 29 6,766 25 Bradford 11,108 27 14,489 31 11,131 26 14,221 31 Calderdale 4,526 22 2,429 18 4,363 21 2,561 19 Kirklees 8,823 23 4,738 19 9,135 24 4,922 19 Leeds 15,183 22 8,451 19 16,457 23 8,694 20 Wakefield 6,376 20 3,690 18 6,564 21 3,578 18 Gateshead 5,399 29 3,108 26 5,254 28 2,924 25 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 9,091 40 4,794 28 9,042 40 4,753 27 North Tyneside 4,236 25 2,709 19 4,179 25 2,726 19 South Tyneside 6,002 37 2,681 27 6,163 38 2,721 28 Sunderland 9,019 30 5,416 28 8,866 29 4,375 23 Isles of Scilly 17 11 38 40 11 7 9 10 Avon 16,638 20 7,850 14 16,920 20 8,116 15 Bedfordshire 9,196 21 7,692 17 9,387 21 7,686 17 Berkshire 8,909 14 4,176 9 8,960 14 4,357 9 Buckinghamshire 5,568 9 3,381 9 5,706 9 3,710 10 Cambridge 10,003 17 5,562 13 9,944 16 5,738 14 Cheshire 15,254 17 7,923 12 15,917 17 8,390 13 Cleveland 20,094 31 10,515 28 19,302 29 10,385 28 Cornwall 7,893 19 4,631 16 8,587 21 5,267 18 Cumbria 7,427 17 3,691 12 7,965 18 3,983 12 Derbyshire 16,114 19 8,400 14 16,253 18 8,509 15 Devon 16,706 20 8,114 13 16,885 20 8,241 13 Dorset 4,297 9 4,268 10 4,663 10 4,324 10 Durham 14,217 25 7,647 20 13,599 24 7,080 19 East Sussex 11,152 21 6,069 17 11,878 22 6,274 18 Essex 23,219 18 12,497 13 23,562 18 12,783 13 Gloucester 6,661 15 3,325 10 6,556 14 3,434 10 Hampshire 21,687 16 9,358 11 21,639 16 9,475 11 Hereford and Worcester 5,517 11 4,735 10 5,264 10 4,903 10 Hertfordshire 12,139 14 6,788 10 12,595 14 6,845 10 Humberside 19,207 22 10,044 18 19,479 22 10,432 18 Isle of Wight 1,782 24 2,065 19 1,803 24 2,053 19 Kent 25,034 19 14,668 14 25,440 19 15,123 15
Number and percentage of day pupils known to be eligible for free school meals in maintained primary and secondary schools in local education authority areas in England. Position as at January in each year 1995 1996 primary secondary primary secondary number percentage number percentage number percentage number percentage Lancashire 32,095 24 17,232 20 32,182 24 17,439 20 Leicester 14,271 18 7,747 13 14,508 18 7,900 13 Lincolnshire 4,213 8 3,941 10 4,565 9 4,052 10 Norfolk 11,100 17 4,339 11 11,188 17 4,561 11 North Yorkshire 7,159 12 3,454 8 7,512 12 3,799 8 Northamptonshire 6,705 13 5,811 13 6,960 13 6,050 13 Northumberland 4,071 19 3,957 13 3,988 18 4,206 14 Nottinghamshire 23,264 25 13,462 21 23,801 25 13,364 20 Oxfordshire 5,273 12 3,394 9 5,301 12 3,392 9 Shropshire 6,605 18 3,507 14 6,457 17 3,376 13 Somerset 4,756 13 2,963 11 4,734 13 2,965 10 Staffordshire 18,513 20 9,550 14 18,668 19 9,730 14 Suffolk 7,379 16 6,001 12 7,746 17 6,445 13 Surrey 8,380 11 3,905 8 8,531 11 3,969 8 Warwickshire 6,316 14 2,251 9 6,146 13 2,166 8 West Sussex 8,035 15 3,709 9 8,244 15 3,566 9 Wiltshire 7,164 15 3,605 10 7,248 14 3,566 10 England 956,497 22 539,438 18 974,281 22 550,902 18