Question follow-through · 5863
Free School Meals: South Holland and the Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school students receive free school meals in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school students receive free school meals in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
As of January 2024, 2,166, or 26%, of state-funded primary school pupils and 1,655, or 23%, of state-funded secondary school pupils attending schools in South Holland and the Deepings constituency were eligible for and claiming free school meals. This com...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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