Free School Dinners (Hansard, 30 November 2001)

§ Mr. Timms

The available information is shown in the following table.

Local education authorities ranked according to the percentage fall in the proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools
January 1993	January 2000
LEA name pre-LGR	Proportion of pupils¹ known to be eligible for free school meals	Equivalent region post-LGR	Proportion of pupils¹ known to be eligible for free school meals	Change in proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	% change in proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals
West Sussex	11.6	West Sussex	8.6	-3.0	-26.0
Coventry	26.2	Coventry	19.6	-6.6	-25.2
Sheffield	29.3	Sheffield	22.5	-6.7	-23.0
Doncaster	26.6	Doncaster	20.9	-5.7	-21.3
Cornwall	17.2	Cornwall	13.6	-3.6	-20.9
Warwickshire	11.9	Warwickshire	9.6	-2.3	-19.2
Wolverhampton	26.9	Wolverhampton	21.8	-5.1	-19.1
Hertfordshire	11.2	Hertfordshire	9.1	-2.1	-18.8
Hampshire pre-LGR	13.7	Hampshire post-LGR	11.3	-2.4	-17.8
	n/a	Hampshire	8.5	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Portsmouth	17.6	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Southampton	21.8	n/a	n/a
Lancashire pre-LGR	22.7	Lancashire post-LGR	18.9	-3.8	-16.9
	n/a	Lancashire	16.9	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Blackburn with Danven	27.5	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Blackpool	25.3	n/a	n/a
Bolton	21.2	Bolton	17.7	-3.6	-16.8
Hackney	52.4	Hackney	44.1	-8.3	-15.8
Dorset pre-LGR	9.4	Dorset post-LGR	8.0	-1.5	-15.7
	n/a	Dorset	6.5	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Poole	8.4	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Bournemouth	11.1	n/a	n/a
Berkshire pre-LGR	10.5	Berkshire post-LGR	8.9	-1.6	-15.7
	n/a	Biracknell Forest	6.8	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Windsor and Maidenhead	6.6	n/a	n/a
	n/a	West Berkshire	6.2	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Reading	14.2	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Slough	16.6	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Wokingham	4.4	n/a	n/a
Devon pre-LGR	17.0	Devon post-LGR	14.4	-2.5	-15.0
	n/a	Devon	11.4	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Plymouth	19.2	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Torbay	19.1	n/a	n/a
Kent pre-LGR	14.8	Kent post-LGR	12.8	-2.1	-14.1
	n/a	Kent	12.7	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Medway	12.9	n/a	n/a
Northumberland	15.6	Northumberland	13.5	-2.2	-13.8
Oxfordshire	11.0	Oxfordshire	9.5	-1.5	-13.5
Newcastle upon Tyne	35.6	Newcastle upon Tyne	31.1	4.5	-12.5
Wigan	19.3	Wigan	16.9	-2.4	-12.5
Norfolk	15.7	Norfolk	13.8	-1.9	-12.1
Islington	50.3	Islington	44.2	-6.0	-12.0
Cambridge pre-LGR	14.5	Cambridge post-LGR	12.8	-1.7	-11.8
	n/a	Cambridgeshire	9.5	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Peterborough	21.4	n/a	n/a
Gateshead	27.6	Gateshead	24.4	-3.2	-11.6
Bedfordshire pre-LGR	17.4	Bedfordshire post-LGR	15.4	-2.0	-11.3
	n/a	Bedfordshire	11.2	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Luton	23.7	n/a	n/a
Knowsley	48.4	Knowsley	43.0	-5.4	-11.2
East Sussex pre-LGR	18.8	East Sussex post-LGR	16.7	-2.1	-11.2
	n/a	East Sussex	14.8	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Brighton and Hove	20.7	n/a	n/a
Bradford	29.1	Bradford	25.9	-3.3	-11.2
Surrey	8.8	Surrey	7.8	-1.0	-11.2
Calderdale	19.4	Calderdale	17.3	-2.2	-11.2
Lincolnshire	8.7	Lincolnshire	7.8	-0.9	-10.1
Wandsworth	32.9	Wandsworth	29.7	-3.3	-10.0
Stockport	15.9	Stockport	14.3	-1.6	-10.0
Isle of Wight	21.3	Isle of Wight	19.2	-2.1	-9.9
South Tyneside	31.2	South Tyneside	28.2	-3.1	-9.8
Essex pre-LGR	14.5	Essex post-LGR	13.1	-1.4	-9.6
	n/a	Essex	12.0	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Southend-on-Sea	18.3	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Thurrock	16.9	n/a	n/a
Waltham Forest	31.5	Waltham Forest	28.5	-3.0	-9.4
Solihull	13.9	Solihull	12.6	-1.3	-9.3
Lambeth	45.2	Lambeth	41.1	-4.1	-9.1
Nottinghamshire pre-LGR	21.3	Nottinghamshire post-LGR	19.6	-1.7	-8.2
	n/a	Nottinghamshire	14.3	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Nottingham	34.8	n/a	n/a

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Local education authorities ranked according to the percentage fall in the proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools
January 1993	January 2000
LEA name pre-LGR	Proportion of pupils¹ known to be eligible for free school meals	Equivalent region post-LGR	Proportion of pupils¹ known to be eligible for free school meals	Change in proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	% change in proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals
Durham pre-LGR	21.0	Durham post-LGR	19.3	-1.7	-8.0
	n/a	Durham	19.5	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Darlington	18.3	n/a	n/a
Shropshire pre-LGR	15.4	Shropshire post-LGR	14.3	-1.2	-7.6
	n/a	Shropshire	9.7	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Telford and Wrekin	21.3	n/a	n/a
Derbyshire pre-LGR	15.8	Derbyshire post-LGR	14.6	-1.2	-7.5
	n/a	Derbyshire	12.5	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Derby	20.8	n/a	n/a
Sandwell	26.4	Sandwell	24.4	-1.9	-7.4
Somerset	11.4	Somerset	10.6	-0.8	-7.3
Trafford	19.4	Trafford	18.0	-1.4	-7.2
Rotherham	21.2	Rotherham	19.8	-1.4	-6.8
Southwark	46.4	Southwark	43.2	-3.1	-6.8
Tameside	21.6	Tameside	20.1	-1.4	-6.7
Dudley	17.0	Dudley	15.9	-1.1	-6.5
Westminster	39.3	Westminster	36.8	-2.5	-6.4
Humerside pre-LGR	19.9	Humerside post-LGR	18.6	-1.3	-6.4
	n/a	Kingston upon Hull, City of	27.5	n/a	n/a
	n/a	East Riding of Yorkshire	10.6	n/a	n/a
	n/a	North East Lincolnshire	22.8	n/a	n/a
	n/a	North Lincolnshire	14.5	n/a	n/a
Staffordshire pre-LGR	16.3	Staffordshire post-LGR	15.3	-1.0	-6.3
	n/a	Staffordshire	11.7	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Stoke-on-Trent	27.7	n/a	n/a
Rochdale	27.5	Rochdale	25.8	-1.7	-6.2
Oldham	25.7	Oldham	24.2	-1.5	-5.7
Suffolk	12.8	Suffolk	12.1	-0.7	-5.5
Merton	17.8	Merton	16.8	-1.0	-5.5
Cleveland pre-LGR	27.4	Cleveland post-LGR	26.2	-1.2	-4.3
	n/a	Hartlepool	26.8	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Middlesbrough	32.1	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Redcar and Cleveland	25.4	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Stockton-on-Tees	21.9	n/a	n/a
Bromley	14.0	Bromley	13.6	-0.4	-3.2
Lewisham	36.7	Lewisham	35.8	-0.9	-2.5
Salford	30.5	Salford	29.8	-0.7	-2.4
Birmingham	33.9	Birmingham	33.1	-0.7	-2.2
Hereford and Worcester pre-LGR	9.4	Hereford and Worcester pre-LGR	9.2	-0.2	-1.9
	n/a	Herefordshire	7.3	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Worcestershire	9.8	n/a	n/a
Kingston upon Thames	8.0	Kingston upon Thames	7.9	-0.1	-1.3
Manchester	45.2	Manchester	44.7	-0.6	-1.2
Bury	16.0	Bury	15.8	-0.2	-1.1
Sefton	21.4	Sefton	21.2	-0.2	-1.0
Liverpool	38.8	Liverpool	38.4	-0.4	-0.9
Kirklees	19.6	Kirklees	19.5	-0.1	-0.4
St. Helens	20.9	St. Helens	20.8	-0.1	-0.3
Tower Hamlets	60.2	Tower Hamlets	60.0	-0.1	-0.2
Barnsley	24.2	Barnsley	24.2	0.0	-0.2
Cheshire pre-LGR	14.2	Cheshire post-LGR	14.2	0.0	0.2
	n/a	Cheshire	12.4	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Halton	27.2	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Warrington	11.5	n/a	n/a
Camden	36.2	Camden	36.5	0.3	0.7
Greenwich	36.0	Greenwich	36.4	0.4	1.2
Brent	26.8	Brent	27.2	0.4	1.5
Leeds	19.6	Leeds	19.9	0.3	1.6
Wakefield	18.3	Wakefield	18.7	0.3	1.7
Richmond upon Thames	12.8	Richmond upon Thames	13.0	0.3	2.3
Sunderland	27.5	Sunderland	28.4	0.9	3.1
Hammersmith and Fulham	38.1	Hammersmith and Fulham	39.6	1.5	3.9
Barnet	16.0	Barnet	16.7	0.7	4.1
Northamptonshire	10.8	Northamptonshire	11.4	0.6	5.9
Bexley	13.3	Bexley	14.1	0.8	6.2
North Tyneside	20.2	North Tyneside	21.5	1.3	6.4
Ealing	24.6	Ealing	26.3	1.7	6.8
Wirral	27.4	Wirral	29.3	1.9	6.9

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Local education authorities ranked according to the percentage fall in the proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools
January 1993	January 2000
LEA name pre-LGR	Proportion of pupils¹ known to be eligible for free school meals	Equivalent region post-LGR	Proportion of pupils¹ known to be eligible for free school meals	Change in proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	% change in proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals
Buckinghamshire pre-LGR	8.2	Buckinghamshire post-LGR	8.8	0.6	7.8
	n/a	Buckinghamshire	6.6	n/a	n/a
	n/a	Milton Keynes	13.7	n/a	n/a
Redbridge	15.5	Redbridge	16.7	1.2	8.0
Sutton	10.1	Sutton	10.9	0.8	8.3
Haringey	36.3	Hairingey	39.4	3.1	8.6
Kensington and Chelsea	35.2	Kensington and Chelsea	38.8	3.5	10.1
Hounslow	20.1	Hounslow	22.4	2.3	11.4
Isles of Scilly	4.6	Isles of Scilly	5.1	0.5	11.5
Croydon	19.5	Croydon	21.8	2.3	11.8
Havering	10.9	Havering	12.4	1.5	13.4
Cumbria	12.7	Cumbria	14.6	1.8	14.3
Newham	32.3	Newham	39.7	7.4	22.8
Hillingdon	10.9	Hillingdon	13.6	2.7	25.2
Enfield	17.8	Enfield	22.6	4.7	26.6
Barking and Dagenham	19.9	Barking and Dagenham	25.5	5.5	27.6
Harrow	10.2	Harrow	13.9	3.7	35.9
¹ Single registered day pupils

Notes:

n/a = not applicable

LGR = Local Government Reorganisation

Between 1997 and 2000, 24 LEAs were subject to Local Government Reorganisation