Free School Meals: Ethnic Groups
(asked on 23rd June 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many BAME children are in receipt of school meals support in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Manchester Gorton constituency.
The most recent figures for number of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals is based on the school census for January 2020. The number of children eligible for and claiming free school meals in January 2020, by major ethnic group and for the requested geographies, are provided in the table below.
Number of pupils eligible for free school meals by major ethnic group, 2020
| England | North West region | Manchester, Gorton parliamentary constituency |
Asian | 139,720 | 19,470 | 1,800 |
Black | 127,260 | 12,070 | 1,210 |
Chinese | 2,850 | 480 | 20 |
Mixed | 121,190 | 13,770 | 650 |
White | 982,950 | 171,650 | 1,740 |
Any other ethnic group | 44,250 | 6,940 | 810 |
Unclassified | 22,390 | 2,570 | 100 |
Figures rounded to the nearest 10, source Spring 2020 School Census
Further information can be found in the annual 'School, pupils and their characteristics' statistical release:
https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics.