Free School Meals: Secondary Education
(asked on 20th April 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in year 10 were eligible for free school meals by constituency in 2024-25.
Answered by
Olivia Bailey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
This question was answered on 28th April 2026
The number of pupils eligible for free school meals is published annually in the Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics accredited official statistics here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics/2024-25. The table in the attachment shows the number of pupils in year 10 in England who were eligible for free school meals in the 2024/25 academic year, by parliamentary constituency.