Parliamentary Search

Written question asked by Holly Lynch (Labour) on Thursday, 20 April 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 April 2017 (named day). It was answered by Edward Timpson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 April 2017 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Free School Meals: Halifax

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of primary school pupils are in receipt of free school meals in Halifax constituency.

Answer

Data for the number of pupils eligible for free school meals in each school in England are available in the underlying data in the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release.[1]

The number and proportion of pupils, attending primary school in Halifax constituency in Calderdale local authority, who were known to be eligible for free school meals[2] in 2016 is given below.

These figures do not include infant pupils who are not eligible for free school meals based on the standard criteria, but who can receive a meal under the universal infant free school meals programme.

Primary school pupils

Halifax parliamentary constituency

Number of pupils (headcount)

10,391

Number known to be eligible for and claiming FSM

1,841

Proportion known to be eligible for and claiming FSM

17.7%

Source: School Census, January 2016

[1] www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers - click on the relevant year and then ‘underlying data.’ The data are contained in files with ‘Schools_Pupils’ in the title.

[2] Not all children assessed as eligible for free school meals will have taken a lunch on census day.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
71498
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Free school meals Primary education Halifax
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk