Free School Meals: Blackpool

Education written question – answered at on 9 March 2011.

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Photo of Paul Maynard Paul Maynard Conservative, Blackpool North and Cleveleys

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children receive (a) free school meals and (b) education maintenance allowance in each local authority ward in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency.

Photo of Nick Gibb Nick Gibb Minister of State (Education)

Information on free school meal eligibility is shown in the following table:

The answer includes full-time pupils aged 0 to 15 and part time pupils aged 5 to 15 known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals.

Maintained nursery( 1) , Maintained primary( 2) , state-funded secondary( 2, 3) and special( 4) schools: School meal arrangements( 5, 6) . As at January 2010. By each ward within Blackpool North and Cleveleys parliamentary constituency
Maintained nursery( 1) and primary( 2) State-funded secondary( 2, 3) Special( 4)
Number on roll( 5, 6) Number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals( 5, 6) Percentage known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals Number on roll( 5, 6) Number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals( 5, 6) Percentage known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals Number on roll( 5, 6) Number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals( 5, 6) Percentage known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals
Anchorsholme 794 73 9.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Bispham 206 23 11.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Bourne 577 106 18.4 n/a n/a n/a 136 48 35.3
Claremont 489 279 57.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Cleveleys Park 182 51 28.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Greenlands 402 122 30.3 1,443 503 34.9 n/a n/a n/a
Ingthorpe 752 147 19.5 1,440 154 10.7 n/a n/a n/a
Jubilee 280 54 22.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Layton 604 178 29.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Norbreck 576 86 14.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Park 564 353 62.6 1,865 388 20.8 29 9 31.0
Warbreck 208 36 17.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Blackpool North and Cleveleys (all wards) 5,634 1,518 26.9 4,748 1,045 22.0 165 57 34.5
n/a = Not applicable. No schools at this type.

(1) There are no maintained nursery schools in Blackpool North and Cleveleys parliamentary constituency.

(2) Includes middle schools as deemed,

(3) Includes city technology colleges and academies, however there are no schools of this type in Blackpool North and Cleveleys parliamentary constituency,

(4) Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools, excludes general hospital schools.

(5) Includes sole and dual (main) registrations.

(6) Pupils who have full-time attendance and are aged 0 to 15. or pupils who have part-time attendance and are aged 5 to 15.

Source:

School Census

The question of how many young people in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency received EMA is a matter for the Young People's Learning Agency (YPLA) which operates the education maintenance allowance for the Department for Education. Peter Lauener, the YPLA's chief executive, has written to the hon. Member with the information requested and a copy of his reply has been placed in the House Libraries.

Letter from Peter Launer, dated 1 February 2011:

I am writing in response to your Parliamentary Question PQ37302.

The Department of Education has responded to you regarding the first part of your question. I have been asked to provide a reply to the latter part of your question regarding how many children in each local authority ward in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency have received Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA).

Information on the number of young people who have received Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) is available for upper tier local authorities but not by constituency. EMA take-up is defined as young people who have received one or more EMA payments in the academic year.

As at 31 December 2010, the take-up figure for young people in Blackpool local authority area who have received EMA during the 2010/11 academic year was 1,366.

EMA take-up data showing the number of young people who have received one or more EMA payments during 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09 and 2009/10 is available on the YPLA website, at the following address:

http://ema.ypla.gov.uk/resources/research/takeup/

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