Children: Disadvantaged Mr. Evans To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of schoolchildren in Ribble Valley constituency qualify for free school meals. Jim Knight The requested information is given in the table. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |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 deemed2 Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils3 There are currently no city technology colleges and academies open in Ribble Valley constituency.Source:School Census| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------