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<p>We don’t differentiate between pupils eligible for free school meals under the
pre-universal credit free school meals system and those only eligible due to the universal
credit free school meals system. The number of pupils eligible for and claiming free
school meals is published in the file “Underlying data: SFR28/2017” in the annual
‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release. For 2017 the information
can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>.</p><p>Information
for earlier years can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p><p>
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