Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of school pupils are in receipt of free school meals in (a) St Helens, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) the North West.

Information on the number of pupils and schools in local authorities and regions, including free school meal eligibility, is published in the annual Schools, pupils and their characteristics statistical release. The most recent figures, for January 2019, are available at the link below. Table 4c shows breakdowns for different school phases and types by local authority and region.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2019.