AQW 20729/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of children in North Down that received free school meals (i) during the 2023-24 academic year; and (ii) between September 2024 and December 2024.
Asked by Connie Egan MLA on 16 January 2025
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 16 January 2025
- Answer due by
- 31 January 2025
- Answered
- 21 January 20255 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
(i) There were 2,976 pupils entitled to free school meals enrolled in schools in the North Down constituency. This figure relates to census day in October 2023, it is not indicative of the whole academic year.
(ii) The Department does not hold this information. Information on the number of pupils entitled to free school meals on census day for the 2024/25 academic year will be published at the end of February.