Free School Meals: Easington

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils were in receipt of free school meals in Easington in each year since 2004; and if he will make a statement. (182657)

The requested information is shown in the table.

*Maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools*^{1, 2}*: School meal arrangements, Easington parliamentary constituency, position in January each year, 2004-07*
	Maintained nursery and primary schools	Maintained secondary schools
	Number on roll³	Number of pupils taking free school meals⁴	% taking free school meals⁴	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	% known to be eligible for free school meals	Number on roll³	Number of pupils taking free school meals⁴	% taking free school meals⁴	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	% known to be eligible for free school meals
2004	7,914	1,786	22.6	2,131	26.9	4,833	763	15.8	1,032	21.4
2005	7,646	1,667	21.8	2,043	26.7	4,795	695	14.5	1,124	23.4
2006	7,505	1,531	20.4	1,894	25.2	4,813	640	13.3	1,089	22.6
2007	7,462	1,536	20.6	1,906	25.5	4,756	646	13.6	1,004	21.1
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed. ² Excludes city technology colleges and academies. ³ Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils. ⁴ Relates to the number of pupils who actually took a free school meal on the say of the census in January. Source: School Census.

Volume 471: debated on Tuesday 29 January 2008