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Written question asked by Jonathan Lord (Conservative) on Friday, 4 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 October 2019. It was answered by Michelle Donelan (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 October 2019 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Free School Meals: Surrey

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children were eligible for free school meals in (a) Woking and (b) Surrey in the past year.

Answer

The number and proportion of children in schools in Woking constituency and Surrey local authority who were eligible for and claiming free school meals (FSM) is given in the table below.

Number of pupils eligible and claiming FSM

Percentage of pupils eligible and claiming FSM

Surrey

13,281

8%

Woking constituency

1,285

9%

Source: School census, as at January 2019

Figures include pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools and pupil referral units (including free schools and academy alternative provision).

This data is published at national, regional, local authority and school level in annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release. The 2019 publication is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2019.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
294719
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Free school meals Surrey
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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