Free School Meals
(asked on 16th October 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are entitled to receive free school meals but do not receive them.
This question was answered on 21st October 2015
The January 2015 census recorded that there were 2,755,021 children registered for free school meals (FSM). We do not hold information on the number of FSM entitled pupils who did not receive a school meal.
Further information is available in the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015