Free School Meals Mr. Sanders To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of schoolchildren were (a) eligible for and (b) receiving free school meals in Torbay in each year since 1997. Jim Knight The available information is shown in the following table. -------------------------------------- | |Maintained nursery and primary| -------------------------------------- | |Number on roll3 |Number of pupils taking free school meals|Percentage taking free school meals|Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals|Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals| -------------------------------------- |1999 |10,254 |1,944|19.0|2,368|23.1| -------------------------------------- |2000 |10,288 |1,814|17.6|2,255|21.9| -------------------------------------- |2001 |10,328 |1,505|14.6|1,999|19.4| -------------------------------------- |2002 |10,399 |1,536|14.8|1,932|18.6| -------------------------------------- |2003 |10,325 |1,473|14.3|1,846|17.9| -------------------------------------- |2004 |10,306 |1,523|14.8|1,958|19.0| -------------------------------------- |2005 |10,128 |1,443|14.2|1,799|17.8| -------------------------------------- |20064|9,836 |1,312|13.3|1,625|16.5| -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Number on roll3|Number of pupils taking free school meals|Percentage taking free school meals|Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals|Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1999 |8,467 |1,023 |12.1 |1,371 |16.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2000 |8,552 |1,008 |11.8 |1,285 |15.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2001 |8,708 |875 |10.0 |1,210 |13.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2002 |8,863 |849 |9.6 |1,265 |14.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2003 |9,024 |933 |10.3 |1,250 |13.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2004 |9,211 |951 |10.3 |1.268 |13.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2005 |9,183 |850 |9.3 |1,235 |13.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |20064 |9,237 |792 |8.6 |1,152 |12.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Torbay local authority came into effect in April 1998 as a result of local government reorganisation, therefore there is no data available prior to this. 3 Prior to 2003 ‘number on roll’ includes all full-time and part-time pupils who are solely registered, excluding boarding pupils. Due to underlying changes in data collection, this coverage was extended to also include all pupils with dual (main) registration and boarding pupils from 2003. 4 Provisional. Source: Schools Census| | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------