PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Free School Meals: Ethnic Groups (12 April 2021)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department collects data on free school meals by ethnicity.
Asked by:
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)
Asked by:
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)
Answer
Data on free school meals is collected in each term of the school census. Breakdowns by ethnicity are collected in the spring school census.
The most recent figures for number of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals by ethnicity were published in the response to parliamentary question UIN 63494, tabled on 23 June 2020. This is available here: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-06-23/63494.
Answered by:
Vicky Ford (Conservative)
19 April 2021
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