Written question asked by Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 15 October 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 October 2001. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Monday, 22 October 2001 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children attending (a) language, (b) sports, (c) technology and (d) arts specialist schools are eligible for free school meals. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of children attending (a) language, (b) sports, (c) technology and (d) arts specialist schools are eligible for free school meals. [8397] Mr. Timms: The available information is shown in the table. Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals, January 2001 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Schools designated as specialist as at September 2001 Language specialist schools 10.5 Sports specialist schools 17.8 Technology specialist schools 14.4 Arts specialist schools 18.5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 8397; 373 c39W;373 c38-9W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Arts Languages Free school meals Schools Special educational needs Sports Technology
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk