{"value":{"id":1217023,"askingMemberId":4048,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2020-06-23T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2020-06-25T00:00:00","uin":"63320","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the data that his Department holds on eligibility for free school meals by ethnicity.","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4674,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2020-07-01T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The department publishes the number of pupils who are eligible for free school meals in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics' publications, which are available at:<br><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p><p>The breakdown of eligibility for free school meals by ethnicity is not available in the publication, however this is available on request. There were 346,055 (18.0%) BAME pupils eligible for free school meals in January 2019.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Free School Meals: Ethnic Groups","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1217023","method":"GET"}]}