§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of state-educated pupils in(a) Leeds, West constituency and (b) Leeds Metropolitan district receive free school meals. [116189]
§ Mr. Stephen TwiggThe information requested is shown in the following table.
Maintained schools: School meal arrangements January 2003 (Provisional) Number on roll Day pupils1 Number known to be eligible for free school meals Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals Leeds, West parliamentary constituency Primary2 7,702 2,009 26.1 Secondary2 4,141 1,028 24.8 Special3 186 67 36.0 Pupil Referral Units 26 13 50.0 Leeds local education authority Primary2 65,400 12,224 18.7 Secondary2 47,806 8,085 16.9 Special3 955 346 36.2 Pupil Referral Units 223 80 35.9 1 Excludes boarding pupils. 2 Includes middle schools as deemed. 3 Excludes non-maintained special schools. Source:
The Annual Schools Census