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Children: Disadvantaged

Volume 480: debated on Tuesday 14 October 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of schoolchildren in Ribble Valley constituency qualify for free school meals. (226673)

The requested information is given in the table.

Maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools1: School meal arrangements—Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency—position as at January 2008

Number/percentage

Maintained nursery and primary schools

Number on roll2

8,425

Number of pupils taking free school meals

226

Percentage taking free school meals

2.7

Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals

261

Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals

3.1

Maintained secondary schools3

Number on roll2

8,690

Number of pupils taking free school meals

540

Percentage taking free school meals

6.2

Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals

598

Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals

6.9

1 Includes middle schools as deemed

2 Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils

3 There are currently no city technology colleges and academies open in Ribble Valley constituency.

Source:

School Census