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<p>The Department for Education routinely collects information on pupils who are both
eligible for and claiming free school meals. Information on the number of pupils who
are eligible for free school meals but not claiming them is not routinely collected.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The most recent information on the number and proportion of
pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals relates to the 2013/14
academic year, which is published in the ‘School, pupils and their characteristics:
January 2014’ Statistical First Release. [1] Tables 8a, 8b, 8c, and 8d provide local
authority figures; parliamentary constituency level information is not published.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for the 2009/10 academic year is published in the
‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2010’ Statistical First Release.[2]
Tables 11a, 11b and 11c provide local authority figures; parliamentary constituency
level information is not published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures for
both years are given below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="16"><p><strong>Number
of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals:<br> Blackpool local
authority</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td><p>State-funded nursery and primary schools (1)(2)</p></td><td> </td><td
colspan="4"><p>State-funded secondary schools (3)(4)</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>Special
schools (5)</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>January 2010</strong></p></td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="5"> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Total number of pupils (6)</p></td><td><p>10,771</p></td><td>
</td><td colspan="4"><p>7,791</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>242</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of pupils known to be
eligible for and claiming free school meals (6)</p></td><td><p>3,228</p></td><td>
</td><td colspan="4"><p>1,769</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>112</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Percentage of pupils known
to be eligible for and claiming free school meals</p></td><td><p>30.0</p></td><td>
</td><td colspan="4"><p>22.7</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>46.3</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4">
</td><td> </td><td colspan="5"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>January
2014</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td> </td><td
colspan="5"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Total
number of pupils (6)</p></td><td><p>11,047</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>7,038</p></td><td>
</td><td colspan="5"><p>259</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Number
of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals (6)</p></td><td><p>3,179</p></td><td>
</td><td colspan="4"><p>1,852</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>121</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Percentage of pupils known
to be eligible for and claiming free school meals</p></td><td><p>28.8</p></td><td>
</td><td colspan="4"><p>26.3</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>46.7</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="16"><p><em>Source: School Census</em></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td colspan="14" rowspan="2"><p>1. Includes state-funded nursery schools, direct
grant nursery (the single institution of this type had not been included in this table
in recent years) and middle/all through schools as deemed.</p></td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="6"><p>2.
Includes all primary academies, including free schools.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td
colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td colspan="6"><p>3. Includes middle/all through schools as deemed.</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="14"><p>4. Includes city technology colleges and
all secondary academies, including free schools, university technical colleges and
studio schools.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="13"><p>5.
Excludes general hospital schools. Includes non-maintained special schools, special
academies and special free schools.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td colspan="14" rowspan="2"><p>6. Pupils who have full time attendance and are
aged 15 or under, or pupils who have part time attendance and are aged between 5 and
15.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a></p><p>[2]
<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2010"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2010</a><br><br></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p>
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