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School Meals: Concessions

Volume 457: debated on Monday 5 March 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average percentage of school-age children entitled to free school meals was in (a) Barnet, (b) London and (c) England in (i) grammar schools, (ii) local authority maintained schools, (iii) denominational schools and (iv) other schools, including special schools in the last period for which figures are available. (118473)

The requested information is provided in the table.

All schools: School meal arrangements 1,2 : as at January 2006

Pupils aged 5 to 15 3

Barnet local authority area

London Government office region4

England4

Number of pupils

Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals

Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals

Number of pupils

Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals

Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals

Number of pupils

Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals

Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals

Maintained schools5

36,530

7,009

19.2

864,310

232,200

26.9

6,400,300

1,033,060

16.1

Of which:

Maintained Nursery

0

0

0

0

20

10

66.7

Maintained Primary

20,427

4,281

21.0

485,630

134,400

27.7

3,350,330

571,320

17.1

Maintained Secondary

15,757

2,599

16.5

364,460

91,900

25.2

2,954,220

430,240

14.6

Maintained Special5

279

103

36.9

9,790

4,240

43.3

72,690

25,400

34.9

Pupil Referral Units

67

26

38.8

4,430

1,660

37.5

23,050

6,090

26.4

Other schools

969

428

44.2

13,530

4,670

34.5

35,010

9,290

26.5

Of which:

City Technology colleges

6

6

6

2,850

610

21.2

9440

1,230

13.1

Academies

969

428

44.2

10,500

4,040

38.5

22,050

7,590

34.4

Non-Maintained Special

6

6

6

170

20

13.7

3,530

470

13.4

Maintained Primary and Secondary schools

36,184

6,880

19.0

850,090

226,300

26.6

6,304,540

1,001,560

15.9

Of which:

Faith schools

11,492

1,188

10.3

189,470

34,730

18.3

1,451,180

178,500

12.3

Other schools

24,692

5,692

23.1

660,620

191,570

29.0

4,853,360

823,060

17.0

Maintained Secondary schools

15,757

2,599

16.5

364,460

91,900

25.2

2,954,220

430,240

14.6

Of which:

Grammar schools

1,845

39

2.1

14,210

300

2.1

112,200

2,460

2.2

Other schools

13,912

2,560

18.4

350,250

91,600

26.2

2,842,010

427,780

15.1

1 Includes all schools except independent schools and direct grant nursery schools. Includes middle schools as deemed.

2 includes pupils with sole and dual (main) registration. Also includes pupils with other providers in Pupil Referral Units.

3 Includes pupils aged 5 to 15 as at 31 August 2005.

4 Numbers at regional and national level have been rounded to the nearest 10. There may be discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and totals as shown.

5 Excludes general hospital schools.

6 Not applicable, no schools of this type

Source:

Schools Census