School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools fall within each percentage point in terms of the proportion of pupils attending the school who are eligible for free school meals. (104451)

The requested information is shown in the following table.

*Maintained primary and secondary schools*¹*: number of schools by the percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals*
As at January 2006—England
	Number of schools
Percentage of school population known to be eligible for free school meals²:	Primary	Secondary
0.0 to 0.9	1,186	55
1.0 to 1.9	928	98
2.0 to 2.9	989	155
3.0 to 3.9	1,000	153
4.0 to 4.9	953	204
5.0 to 5.9	864	218
6.0 to 6.9	767	204
7.0 to 7.9	732	203
8.0 to 8.9	663	138
9.0 to 9.9	588	156
10.0 to 10.9	524	148
11.0 to 11.9	469	125
12.0 to 12.9	431	127
13.0 to 13.9	377	96
14.0 to 14.9	348	86
15.0 to 15.9	296	74
16.0 to 16.9	285	66
17.0 to 17.9	276	59
18.0 to 18.9	278	62
19.0 to 19.9	259	40
20.0 to 20.9	279	85
21.0 to 21.9	244	60
22.0 to 22.9	247	53
23.0 to 23.9	232	54
24.0 to 24.9	208	44
25.0 to 25.9	211	44
26.0 to 26.9	192	47
27.0 to 27.9	176	32
28.0 to 28.9	193	34
29.0 to 29.9	184	24
30.0 to 30.9	185	26
31.0 to 31.9	156	26
32.0 to 32.9	169	20
33.0 to 33.9	159	16
34.0 to 34.9	154	26
35.0 to 35.9	151	24
36.0 to 36.9	142	23
37.0 to 37.9	124	29
38.0 to 38.9	135	19
39.0 to 39.9	122	17
40.0 to 40.9	138	13
41.0 to 41.9	96	15
42.0 to 42.9	106	16
43.0 to 43.9	86	16
44.0 to 44.9	96	5
45.0 to 45.9	82	9
46.0 to 46.9	83	7
47.0 to 47.9	71	10
48.0 to 48.9	60	4
49.0 to 49.9	62	8
50.0 to 50.9	78	13
51.0 to 51.9	80	6
52.0 to 52.9	60	12
53.0 to 53.9	62	12
54.0 to 54.9	57	6
55.0 to 55.9	61	6
56.0 to 56.9	43	5
57.0 to 57.9	34	2
58.0 to 58.9	25	3
59.0 to 59.9	32	2
60.0 to 60.9	31	2
61.0 to 61.9	25	3
62.0 to 62.9	19	3
63.0 to 63.9	27	4
64.0 to 64.9	19	3
65.0 to 65.9	13	2
66.0 to 66.9	9	2
67.0 to 67.9	14	1
68.0 to 68.9	10	0
69.0 to 69.9	5	1
70.0 to 70.9	6	1
71.0 to 71.9	6	0
72.0 to 72.9	3	0
73.0 to 73.9	2	1
74.0 to 74.9	3	1
75.0 to 75.9	5	0
76.0 to 76.9	5	0
77.0 to 77.9	4	2
78.0 to 78.9	4	1
79.0 to 79.9	3	0
80.0 to 80.9	0	0
81.0 to 81.9	2	0
82.0 to 82.9	0	0
83.0 to 83.9	1	0
84.0 to 84.9	0	0
85.0 to 85.9	0	0
86.0 to 86.9	0	0
87.0 to 87.9	0	0
88.0 to 88.9	0	0
89.0 to 89.9	0	0
90.0 to 90.9	0	0
91.0 to 91.9	0	0
92.0 to 92.9	0	0
93.0 to 93.9	0	0
94.0 to 94.9	0	0
95.0 to 95.9	0	0
96.0 to 96.9	0	0
97.0 to 97.9	0	0
98.0 to 98.9	0	0
99.0 to 99.9	0	0
100	0	0
Total	17,504	3,367
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed. ² Includes full time pupils aged up to and including 15 and part time pupils aged five to 15 (inclusive). Includes dually registered pupils. Source: School Census

Volume 454: debated on Monday 4 December 2006