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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils were on the roll in each secondary school in Newcastle upon Tyne in each year since April 2000; and what percentage of those students (a) were eligible for and (b) took up free school meals. [157053] Mr. Miliband: The available data is shown in the table. Maintained secondary schools1: School meal arrangements Newcastle upon Tyne local education authority area--Position in January each year _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number on roll 2,3 Number known to be Percentage known to Pupils taking free Percentage taking eligible for free be eligible for school meals free school meals meals free meals 2000 17,874 4,572 25.6 3,123 17.5 2001 18,071 4,573 25.3 2,988 16.5 2002 17,805 4,190 23.5 2,783 15.6 2003 17,808 4,213 23.7 2,890 16.2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Includes dually registered pupils. 3 For 2000-02 excludes boarding pupils. Source: Annual Schools' Census It is the Department's current policy not to publish school level information unless the schools concerned have had the opportunity to confirm the information available through processes such as the performance tables. Information on free school meals has not been confirmed in this way.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

418 c990W;418 c1006W; 157053

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Free school meals Pupils Newcastle upon Tyne Secondary education Take-up

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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