Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been (a) of school age, (b) with an education, health and care plan (EHCP) and of school age, (c) in receipt of free school meals and (d) in receipt of free school meals, with an EHCP and of school age in each of the last 15 years.
The figures requested are provided in the attached table. Data is sourced from the school census and includes state-funded nursery, primary, secondary, and special schools, non-maintained special schools, and pupil referral units. Data from independent schools is not available at this level of detail.