HL Deb 20 May 1999 vol 601 cc52-3WA
Baroness David

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will list the number of children eligible for free school meals as a percentage of the pupils in each of the 166 grammar schools, compared to the percentage of all schoolchildren eligible for free school meals in the relevant local education authorities. [HL2503]

Baroness Blackstone

Information on school meals for individual schools is not published centrally. The available information is shown in the attached table.

LEA Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for a free meal in maintained grammar schools Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for a free school meal in maintained secondary schools
Barnet 1.4 16.2
Bexley 5.0 13.5
Bromley 1.2 14.3
Enfield 2.2 21.0
Kingston upon Thames 2.4 9.4
Redbridge 3.7 17.5
Sutton 1.9 8.7
Birmingham 5.1 34.3
Walsall 2.5 19.8
Wolverhampton 2.8 22.0
Liverpool 6.0 39.5
Wirral 5.5 24.6
Trafford 4.9 18.9
Calderdale 3.2 17.7
Kirklees 3.1 18.6
City of Bristol 18.8 24.4
North Yorkshire 1.3 7.2
Buckinghamshire 1.6 7.0
Poole 3.5 9.6
Bournemouth 3.3 12.7
Stoke 0.5 23.7

LEA Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for a free meal in maintained grammar schools Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for a free school meal in maintained secondary schools
Wiltshire 0.9 7.3
Berkshire 4.9 8.5
Cumbria 2.2 14.0
Devon 4.4 12.7
Essex 2.3 12.5
Gloucestershire 3.0 8.9
Kent 3.4 12.9
Lancashire 3.5 19.5
Lincolnshire 2.6 10.2
Shropshire 0.7 12.6
Warwickshire 1.7 8.9

GCSE achievements CCE A-level achievements
5 or more passes No graded results 2 or more A-levels
Number % Number % Number %
1965 101,400 17 Not available Not available 48,700 8
1970 207,600 39 254,700 47 53,200 10
1975 322,700 53 122,100 20 58,700 10
1980 452,900 65 91,800 13 70,400 10
1990 411,000 79 47,500 8 86,100 16
1995 453,800 86 41,400 8 76,800 14
1998 465,300 88 32,400 6 103,100 16