Question follow-through · 128337
Free School Meals: Secondary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in year 10 were eligible for free school meals by constituency in 2024-25.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 20 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Education and skills
- Secondary Education: Disadvantaged · 13 May 2026
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Recorded timeline
20 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in year 10 were eligible for free school meals by constituency in 2024-25.
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
The number of pupils eligible for free school meals is published annually in the Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics accredited official statistics here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-cha...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Secondary Education: Disadvantaged
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 29 April 2026 to Question 128336, what is the total a) amount and b) proportion of funding that is allocated to support additional needs for school pupils up to the age of 16, in