Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils were eligible for free school meals in primary and infant schools in (a) Ashfield, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England in each of the last five years.
The table below shows the numbers and percentages of pupils in state-funded nursery and primary schools in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire and England who were eligible for free school meals from 2011-2015:
Ashfield Constituency | Nottinghamshire | England | |||||||
Year | Number of Pupils | Percentage of Pupils | Number of Pupils | Percentage of Pupils | Number of Pupils | Percentage of Pupils | |||
2011 | 1,690 | 20.2 | 8,883 | 14.1 | 751,025 | 18.0 | |||
2012 | 1,803 | 21.4 | 9,594 | 15.1 | 769,810 | 18.1 | |||
2013 | 1,860 | 21.4 | 9,734 | 15.0 | 785,535 | 18.1 | |||
2014 | 1,806 | 20.2 | 9,500 | 14.2 | 755,485 | 17.0 | |||
2015 | 1,706 | 18.7 | 8,733 | 12.8 | 708,798 | 15.6 |
Source: School census
Includes all full-time and part-time pupils who are sole or dual main registrations
Includes middle/all through schools as deemed.