§ Andrew GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which of the 50 most deprived council wards have schools taking part in the National School Fruit Scheme. [146014]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonI have been asked to reply.
All local education authority schools with children aged four to nine years in four of the nine Government Regions had been invited to join the National School Fruit Scheme.
The information requested is shown in the table.
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Ward Local authority Index of multiple deprivation score
Rank of index of multiple deprivation
Taking part in NSFS/date
expected to join
Benchill Manchester 83.77 1 Yes Speke Liverpool 83.13 2 Yes Thorntree Middlesbrough 82.52 3 March 2004 Everton Liverpool 82.10 4 Yes Pallister Middlesbrough 81.76 5 March 2004 Vauxhall Liverpool 81.47 6 Yes St. Hilda's Middlesbrough 81.28 7 March 2004 Princess Knowsley 80.80 8 Yes Grangetown Redcar and Cleveland 80.38 9 March 2004 Granby Liverpool 79.83 10 Yes Pirrie Liverpool 79.74 11 Yes Breckfield Liverpool 79.71 12 Yes Longview Knowsley 79.65 13 Yes Cherryfield Knowsley 79.64 14 Yes Portrack and Tilery Stockton-on-Tees 78.41 15 March 2004 Harpurhey Manchester 78.28 16 Yes Beswick and Clayton Manchester 77.58 17 Yes Kirkby Central Knowsley 77.37 18 Yes Regent Great Yarmouth 77.30 19 Autumn 2004 Northwood Knowsley 77.26 20 Yes Eden Hill Easington 76.99 21 Autumn 2004 Bradford Manchester 76.63 22 Yes Bidston Wirral 76.23 23 Yes Melrose Liverpool 76.21 24 Yes Owton Hartlepool 76.01 25 Yes Clubmoor Liverpool 75.99 26 Yes Aston Birmingham 75.96 27 Yes Smithdown Liverpool 75.81 28 Yes Ardwick Manchester 75.73 29 Yes Walker Newcastle upon Tyne 75.57 30 March 2004 Monkchester Newcastle upon Tyne 75.37 31 March 2004 Park End Middlesbrough 75.31 32 March 2004 Sparkbrook Birmingham 75.15 33 Yes Dovecot Liverpool 75.15 34 Yes Ordnance Newham 75.06 35 Yes Elswick Newcastle upon Tyne 74.59 36 March 2004 Nelson Great Yarmouth 74.33 37 Autumn 2004 Cantril Farm Knowsley 74.33 38 Yes Whitefield Pendle 73.93 39 Yes West City Newcastle upon Tyne 73.92 40 March 2004 Central Manchester 73.75 41 Yes Little Norton Bradford 73.48 42 Yes Southey Green Sheffield 73.36 43 Autumn 2004 Netherley Liverpool 73.27 44 Yes Newton Heath Manchester 73.13 45 Yes Spitalfields Tower Hamlets 73.11 46 Yes Lansbury Tower Hamlets 73.08 47 Yes Kensington Liverpool 73.05 48 YES Weavers Tower Hamlets 73.03 49 Yes Noddle Hill Kingston upon Hull, City of 72.91 50 Autumn 2004