Question follow-through · 30038
Free School Meals: South Holland and the Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school children are eligible for free school meals in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 18 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school children are eligible for free school meals in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Feb 2025
Answer published
As of January 2024, 2,166, or 26%, of state-funded primary school pupils attending schools in South Holland and the Deepings constituency were eligible for and claiming free school meals. This compares with a rate of 24% of primary school pupils in the wh...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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