Mark Hendrick – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-12-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in each county and unitary council area in the North West are currently receiving free school meals under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

Mr Sam Gyimah

The number of children eligible and receiving free school meals (FSM) is available at regional and local authority level online at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015.

We do not hold information on the qualifying benefits of individual claimants.

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