PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Children: Poverty (30 June 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of children who are (a) eligible for free school meals and (b) living in poverty; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)

The number and proportion of children who are eligible for and claiming free school meals in Enfield North and for England for each of the last 5 years are provided in the attached table. The department does not hold information on the number of pupils living in poverty.

Answered by:
Vicky Ford (Conservative)
8 July 2021