A question on #FreeSchoolMeals #NorthWest tabled by Sir Mark Hendrick on 12-06-2025 has been answered by Stephen Morgan.

Heading: Free School Meals: North West
Question ID: 1812176
UIN: 59308
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-12
Asking Member ID: 473
Asking Member display name: Sir Mark Hendrick
Asking Member handle: MpHendrick
Asking Member Twitter reference: @MpHendrick
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have received free school meals in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in the last three academic years.
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Date answered: 2025-06-23
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4653
Answering Member display name: Stephen Morgan
Answering Member handle: stephenmorganmp
Answering Member Twitter reference: @stephenmorganmp
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Answer text: The department publishes data on free school meals (FSM) in the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication. The total number of pupils eligible for FSM in the Lancashire local authority and North West region can be seen the following t...
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Answering body ID: 60
Answering body name: Department for Education
Tweeted: true