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David Laws: Information on the number and percentage of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals is shown in the tables. Information on the number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals as at January 2012 is published in the Statistical First Release “Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics, January 2012” available at:...
David Laws: The Government recognise the benefits of healthy school meals and are committed to continuing to provide free school meals to those pupils who need them most. Our priority is to make sure that the most disadvantaged children are able to get a nutritious meal funded by schools. We are working to encourage all families who meet the criteria to register for free school meals. We want...
Diana R. Johnson: Information on how regularly pupils take school meals is not available. The available information on the numbers of children taking free school meals on the day of the census is shown in the table, together with the numbers of children known to be eligible for free school meals. Maintained nursery, primary( 1) and state-funded secondary( 1, 2 ) schools: School meal arrangements, as at...
Diana R. Johnson: The requested information is shown in the table, together with the numbers of children eligible for free school meals. Maintained primary( 1) and state-funded secondary( 1, 2) schools: School meal arrangements as at January 2009 in Leeds, West parliamentary constituency Number on roll( 3) Number of pupils taking free school meals( 4) Percentage taking free school meals ...
Lord Adonis: Information on pupils known to be eligible for free school meals are shown in the tables. The figures for each country are based upon the following definitions: England: Information on pupils eligible for free school meals is collected at pupil level in England. Pupils should be recorded as eligible only if a claim for free school meals has been made by them or on their behalf by parents and...
Lord Hill of Oareford: Information on pupils known to be eligible for free school meals broken down by ethnic background is shown in the table. Ethnic origin is collected for pupils of compulsory school age and above only. The information contained in this Answer therefore differs from published free school meal eligibility data, which normally include full-time pupils aged nought to 15 and part-time pupils aged...
David Laws: The Government recognise the benefits of healthy school meals and are committed to continuing to provide free school meals to those pupils who need them most. We are working to encourage all families who meet the current criteria to register for free school meals. We want disadvantaged children to benefit from a nutritious meal, and also for their schools to receive additional funding through...
Jacqui Smith: The information requested is shown in the table. Maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools(43): school meal arrangements(44)—Meriden parliamentary constituency 1997–2005—Position in January each year Maintained nursery and primary Number on roll Number of pupils taking free school meals(45) Percentage of pupils taking free school meals(45) Number of pupils known to...
Baroness Berridge: The free school meal national voucher scheme has now closed. As schools and their kitchens are now open, they should provide healthy, nutritious meal options for all children who are in school, and meals should be available free of charge to all infant pupils and pupils who meet the benefits-related free school meals eligibility criteria. Schools should work with their existing suppliers to...
Nadhim Zahawi: Maintained schools, academies and free schools are required to provide free school meals to pupils of all ages that meet the eligibility criteria. In addition, since September 2014 all children in reception, year 1 and year 2 in England's state-funded schools, including academies and free schools, have been entitled to free school meals. In the current school funding system, no school...
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The available information is shown in the following table. Prior to 1993 information on numbers of pupils eligible for free school meals was not collected. Maintained primary and secondary schools( 1) : school meal arrangements—position in January each year 1993 to 2008, England Maintained primary Number on roll( 2) Number of pupils taking free school meals( 3) ...
Jacqui Smith: The available information is shown in the tables. Maintained primary and secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies: number and percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals(25)—January 2005, London Government Office Region and England Pupils of compulsory school age(26) London England Number on roll Number of pupils known to be eligible...
Baroness Berridge: Schools pay for benefits-related free school meals from their core funding. The department includes a factor value in the national funding formula (£440 per pupil), but both local authorities and schools have the freedom and flexibility to apply their own local formulae. Last year, around 1.3 million children benefitted from this important provision. For universal infant free school meals...
Vernon Coaker: ...were entered for GCSE examinations in the combination of English literature, physics, chemistry, biology, history and any modern foreign language. Of these, 631 pupils were known to be eligible for free school meals, 22,084 were not eligible for free school meals and there were six pupils for whom free school meal eligibility could not be determined. These figures relate to pupils in...
David Laws: The Department does not collect data on schools' spending on school meals, so we do not have an estimate of the total public spending on school meals. Schools do not receive specified funding for the costs of meals from the Government. Schools must provide free school meals to eligible children. The cost of free school meals is met by schools from their overall schools budget. Local...
Kevin Brennan: The requested information is given in the following table: All schools, excluding independent schools: Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals, as at January 2008, England Number of pupils( 1) Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals( 2) Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals( 3) Percentage of all pupils who are known to be...
Jim Knight: The only available information relates to free school meals and is given in the table. Maintained primary and secondary schools( 1) : School meal arrangement— position in January each year: 2005 and 2006 (provisional)—England Primary schools( 1) Secondary schools( 1) 2005 2006( 2) 2005 2006( 2) Number of pupils on roll(3) 4,205,670 4,150,590 3,317,590...
Nick Gibb: The information requested is shown in the table. State-funded primary and secondary schools (1, 2, 3) and special schools (4) : Free school meal eligibility (5, 6) . As at January 2011. In Kent local authority and Dartford parliamentary constituency ...
Nick Gibb: Information on the number and percentage of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals in the Swindon borough council area and England is shown in the following table. Information is not available on those who are eligible but do not make a claim. Information on the number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals as at January 2012 is published in...
Nick Gibb: Information on the number and percentage of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals in Sunderland for 2006 to 2010 is shown in the following tables. The answer includes full-time pupils aged 0 to 15 and part-time pupils aged five to 15. Maintained nursery, maintained primary (1) , state funded secondary ...