Question follow-through · 79043

Free School Meals: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were eligible for free school meals in Fylde constituency in each of the last five years.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
14 Oct 2025
Answer
30 Oct 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were eligible for free school meals in Fylde constituency in each of the last five years.

  2. 14 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The department publishes data on school level free school meals in its annual 'Schools, pupils and their characteristics' publication, in the additional supporting files. The publication can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov....

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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