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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many and what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary school children in each south Yorkshire local authority received free school meals in each year since 1989. [40826] Mrs. Gillan: The information is shown in the following table. Numbers and percentages of day pupils taking free school meals in maintained primary and secondary schools in South Yorkshire Metropolitan District: 1989-1996 (provisional) Position in January each year _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1989 1990 1991 1992 Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Primary Barnsley 3,458 17 3,371 16 3,601 17 4,197 20 Doncaster 5,178 19 5,105 18 5,461 19 6,568 22 Rotherham 4,226 18 4,125 17 4,219 17 4,798 20 Sheffield 8,371 19 8,381 19 8,598 19 9,842 22 Secondary{1} Barnsley 1,560 11 1,461 11 1,278 11 1,442 12 Doncaster 2,385 11 2,060 10 2,057 10 2,699 13 Rotherham 1,699 9 1,511 9 1,441 8 1,723 10 Sheffield 2,902 11 2,745 11 2,716 11 3,278 14 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Figures for years prior to 1994 include Sixth Form Colleges. Position in January each year _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1993 1994 1995 1996 Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Primary Barnsley 4,702 22 4,891 23 4,838 22 4,770 22 Doncaster 7,089 24 7,196 24 6,986 24 7,412 24 Rotherham 5,147 21 5,424 22 5,465 22 5,598 22 Sheffield 9,887 23 10,105 23 9,943 22 10,290 22 Secondary{1} Barnsley 1,735 14 1,844 14 1,973 15 1,911 15 Doncaster 3,102 15 3,500 16 3,780 16 3,172 15 Rotherham 1,799 10 1,976 11 2,032 11 1,952 10 Sheffield 4,193 16 4,176 15 4,200 15 4,271 16 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Figures for years prior to 1994 include Sixth Form Colleges.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

40826; 282 c1134-6W;282 c1132-4W

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Free school meals Pupils Primary education Secondary education Sheffield South Yorkshire Rotherham Doncaster Barnsley

Contains statistics

Yes