Free School Meals: North West
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have received free school meals in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in the last three academic years.
Answered by Stephen Morgan
The department publishes data on free school meals (FSM) in the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication. The total number of pupils eligible for FSM in the Lancashire local authority and North West region can be seen the following table: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/597f72a3-5fc8-4b48-c6a0-08ddaa184212.
To find FSM data for Preston constituency, refer to the file titled ‘School level underlying data 2025 (CSV, 22 MB)’ under the ‘Additional supporting files’ section.
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