Easby, Jenny

Evans, Helen

Lord, Anthony

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    Pupils not claiming Free School Meals - 2013 Research Report December  2013  Anthony Lord, Jenny Easby & Helen Evans Department for Education    2 Contents 1. Overview 3 1.1 Terminology 3 1.2 FSM Criteria 3 1.3 Data 4 2. Differences from 2012 4 Annex 5   3 1. Overview This research report updates DFE-RR235 – Pupils not claiming free school meals. The main objective is to present the most recent estimates of the number of pupils who are entitled to receive free school meals (FSM) but are not claiming. This new report uses Tax Credits and Benefits data from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for December 2012 along with statistics from the Department for Education’s School Census for January 2013. It outlines the data used, how the statistics vary from the previous year and provides a table outlining registration rates at local authority (LA) level. 1.1 Terminology  Entitled to FSM – if pupils live in a household that is claiming at least one of the qualifying benefits the pupil is judged to be entitled to FSM  Registered and claiming FSM – These pupils meet the entitlement criteria and register at the school to claim their FSM. This is reported in the School Census and described in DfE publications as “known to be eligible for and claiming FSM”.  Under-Registration rate – This is the number of pupils who do not claim FSM, even though they live in a household that claims at least one of the qualifying benefits, as a proportion of those who are entitled. It is calculated by the formula given below:                                              (        )                               (    )  1.2 FSM Criteria As of December 2012 the qualifying benefits that allow a pupil to claim free school meals were:  Income Support  Income-based Jobseekers Allowance  Income-related Employment and Support Allowance  Child Tax Credit (provided the claimant is not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and has an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)  Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999  Guaranteed element of State Pension Credit Any pupil who lives in a household that claims one or more of these benefits are defined as Entitled to FSM.  4 1.3 Data The data from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) gives the number of all 4 to 15 year-olds who live in a household that claims one of: Income Support; Income-based Jobseekers Allowance; Income-related Employment and Support Allowance or Child Tax Credit (who are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190). This covers 99% of the pupils entitled to free school meals. The information is produced at local authority level from a 10% sample (approximately 2.4m records), and covers December 2012. The School Census contains records of all pupils in maintained schools as of January 2013. The number of pupils who claim free school meals is recorded and this report uses the number of pupils receiving FSM for each local authority as calculated by the pupil’s home address. 2. Differences from 2012 Under-registration has fallen overall from 14% in 2012 to 11% in 2013. This is due to a decrease in the number of pupils entitled to free school meals between 2012 and 2013 as estimated by HMRC, while the School Census shows a slight increase in numbers claiming. The local authority figures from HMRC (number of entitled pupils) for these 2013 statistics are of a better quality than the data that was supplied for the 2012 version. For local authorities with low numbers of children entitled to FSM, the 2012 data would slightly underestimate the total number of entitled pupils. This is no longer true for the 2013 data. National and regional totals are unaffected by these changes.   1Numbers rounded to the nearest hundred. 5 Annex  Table 1 Under Registration Rate by Local Authority 2013 Local Authority of residence Pupils1 on roll Pupils1 entitled to FSM as at Dec 2012… … as a proportion of those on roll Pupils1 claiming FSM as at Jan 2013… … as a proportion of those on roll Entitled pupils1 not claiming Under-registration rate ENGLAND 6,853,100 1,407,200 21% 1,245,800 18% 161,400 11% Barking and Dagenham 34,500 10,900 32% 10,100 29% 800 8% Barnet 43,800 9,100 21% 7,900 18% 1,200 13% Barnsley 31,000 7,300 24% 6,800 22% 500 6% Bath and North East Somerset 19,900 2,900 15% 2,200 11% 700 25% Bedford 21,800 4,500 21% 3,400 16% 1,100 24% Bexley 34,400 6,500 19% 4,800 14% 1,700 26% Birmingham 168,600 54,200 32% 55,300 33% 0 0% Blackburn with Darwen 24,000 6,000 25% 5,000 21% 1,000 17% Blackpool 18,900 5,500 29% 5,400 29% 100 1% Bolton 40,900 9,000 22% 8,600 21% 400 4% Bournemouth 18,400 3,700 20% 2,900 16% 800 22% Bracknell Forest 15,200 2,300 15% 1,400 9% 900 38% Bradford  84,700 21,300 25% 19,300 23% 2,000 9% Brent 41,000 12,400 30% 10,700 26% 1,700 14% Brighton and Hove 28,200 5,600 20% 4,900 17% 700 13% Bristol, City of 50,300 12,500 25% 12,000 24% 500 4% Bromley 40,100 6,900 17% 5,100 13% 1,800 25% Buckinghamshire 67,800 6,800 10% 5,100 8% 1,700 25% Bury 25,900 4,800 19% 4,100 16% 700 14% Calderdale 29,300 5,500 19% 5,100 17% 400 7% Cambridgeshire 74,800 10,100 14% 8,500 11% 1,600 15% Camden 17,800 7,500 42% 6,900 39% 600 8% Central Bedfordshire 35,300 4,600 13% 3,800 11% 800 18% Cheshire East 45,300 5,200 11% 4,700 10% 500 9% Cheshire West and Chester 41,500 6,400 15% 5,700 14% 700 12% Cornwall 65,200 11,200 17% 9,200 14% 2,000 17% County Durham 64,400 14,000 22% 14,000 22% 0 0% Coventry 45,100 10,800 24% 9,600 21% 1,200 11% Croydon 50,700 13,300 26% 11,800 23% 1,500 11% Cumbria  60,200 8,500 14% 7,600 13% 900 11% Darlington 14,100 2,800 20% 2,800 20% 0 0% Derby  35,000 8,500 24% 7,600 22% 900 11% Derbyshire 97,100 16,200 17% 14,900 15% 1,300 8% 1Numbers rounded to the nearest hundred. 6 Local Authority of residence Pupils1 on roll Pupils1 entitled to FSM as at Dec 2012… … as a proportion of those on roll Pupils1 claiming FSM as at Jan 2013… … as a proportion of those on roll Entitled pupils1 not claiming Under-registration rate Devon 88,300 11,300 13% 11,000 12% 300 3% Doncaster 40,300 9,600 24% 8,800 22% 800 8% Dorset 48,100 6,400 13% 5,500 11% 900 14% Dudley  42,000 8,900 21% 7,900 19% 1,000 12% Ealing 44,700 11,700 26% 9,900 22% 1,800 15% East Riding of Yorkshire 40,300 5,400 13% 4,300 11% 1,100 21% East Sussex 62,000 11,800 19% 9,200 15% 2,600 22% Enfield 48,800 15,800 32% 14,100 29% 1,700 11% Essex 183,600 29,800 16% 23,400 13% 6,400 22% Gateshead 23,500 5,800 25% 5,000 21% 800 15% Gloucestershire 74,300 10,500 14% 8,400 11% 2,100 20% Greenwich 35,200 10,900 31% 9,300 26% 1,600 15% Hackney 29,300 13,200 45% 11,200 38% 2,000 15% Halton 18,100 5,100 28% 5,600 31% 0 0% Hammersmith and Fulham 14,300 5,500 38% 5,300 37% 200 4% Hampshire 165,200 19,900 12% 17,100 10% 2,800 14% Haringey 32,100 11,600 36% 10,100 31% 1,500 13% Harrow 30,800 5,900 19% 5,400 18% 500 8% Hartlepool 13,100 2,900 22% 3,700 28% 0 0% Havering 32,800 6,000 18% 4,900 15% 1,100 19% Herefordshire 21,200 3,000 14% 2,300 11% 700 24% Hertfordshire  151,300 20,100 13% 16,900 11% 3,200 16% Hillingdon 39,500 8,900 23% 7,300 19% 1,600 17% Hounslow 34,300 8,400 25% 6,900 20% 1,500 18% Isle of Wight 15,800 3,400 21% 2,700 17% 700 21% Islington 19,600 8,100 41% 8,800 45% 0 0% Kensington and Chelsea 8,100 2,900 36% 2,600 32% 300 12% Kent 192,600 35,600 18% 30,100 16% 5,500 16% Kingston upon Hull, City of 34,500 11,000 32% 10,900 32% 100 1% Kingston upon Thames 18,900 2,300 12% 2,100 11% 200 7% Kirklees  60,700 11,100 18% 11,700 19% 0 0% Knowsley  21,500 6,700 31% 6,600 31% 100 1% Lambeth 32,600 13,000 40% 11,300 35% 1,700 13% Lancashire 153,400 26,600 17% 25,000 16% 1,600 6% Leeds  95,200 21,400 22% 20,400 21% 1,000 5% Leicester 48,500 14,600 30% 12,000 25% 2,600 18% Leicestershire 82,200 9,900 12% 7,800 9% 2,100 21% Lewisham 37,400 11,900 32% 10,100 27% 1,800 16% Lincolnshire  89,900 15,900 18% 11,600 13% 4,300 27% 1Numbers rounded to the nearest hundred. 7 Local Authority of residence Pupils1 on roll Pupils1 entitled to FSM as at Dec 2012… … as a proportion of those on roll Pupils1 claiming FSM as at Jan 2013… … as a proportion of those on roll Entitled pupils1 not claiming Under-registration rate Liverpool 55,300 18,900 34% 17,700 32% 1,200 6% Luton 33,800 8,100 24% 7,400 22% 700 8% Manchester 66,500 23,300 35% 23,400 35% 0 0% Medway 37,800 8,300 22% 6,700 18% 1,600 19% Merton 24,100 5,000 21% 3,800 16% 1,200 23% Middlesbrough 20,500 7,100 35% 7,700 37% 0 0% Milton Keynes 38,600 7,300 19% 5,700 15% 1,600 22% Newcastle upon Tyne 32,100 8,700 27% 9,300 29% 0 0% Newham 49,200 16,100 33% 17,700 36% 0 0% Norfolk  100,800 18,100 18% 15,800 16% 2,300 13% North East Lincolnshire 21,600 6,400 30% 4,400 20% 2,000 32% North Lincolnshire 22,000 4,300 20% 3,800 17% 500 11% North Somerset 26,300 3,900 15% 3,200 12% 700 18% North Tyneside 25,600 4,900 19% 4,400 17% 500 10% North Yorkshire 71,500 8,300 12% 6,800 9% 1,500 18% Northamptonshire  98,500 16,600 17% 14,900 15% 1,700 10% Northumberland 39,000 6,900 18% 6,200 16% 700 10% Nottingham 37,700 12,900 34% 11,800 31% 1,100 8% Nottinghamshire 99,300 17,900 18% 14,800 15% 3,100 17% Oldham  36,000 9,500 26% 8,800 24% 700 8% Oxfordshire  78,600 10,800 14% 8,600 11% 2,200 21% Peterborough 28,700 7,500 26% 5,800 20% 1,700 22% Plymouth 32,100 6,300 20% 6,600 20% 0 0% Poole 17,500 2,600 15% 2,000 11% 600 24% Portsmouth 24,000 5,500 23% 5,400 22% 100 3% Reading 19,800 4,200 21% 3,800 19% 400 9% Redbridge 41,900 9,000 21% 8,600 20% 400 5% Redcar and Cleveland 18,100 4,200 23% 4,200 23% 0 1% Richmond upon Thames 19,200 2,500 13% 1,800 9% 700 28% Rochdale 31,700 8,500 27% 7,600 24% 900 11% Rotherham  36,400 8,800 24% 7,500 21% 1,300 14% Rutland  3,900 300 8% 300 8% 0 0% Salford 29,400 8,900 30% 7,700 26% 1,200 13% Sandwell  48,000 14,200 30% 12,400 26% 1,800 12% Sefton 33,900 6,900 20% 6,100 18% 800 11% Sheffield 68,700 16,200 24% 15,000 22% 1,200 7% Shropshire 34,800 4,300 12% 4,000 12% 300 7% Slough 22,900 5,800 25% 3,900 17% 1,900 32% Solihull 28,100 4,700 17% 3,800 14% 900 19% 1Numbers rounded to the nearest hundred. 8 Local Authority of residence Pupils1 on roll Pupils1 entitled to FSM as at Dec 2012… … as a proportion of those on roll Pupils1 claiming FSM as at Jan 2013… … as a proportion of those on roll Entitled pupils1 not claiming Under-registration rate Somerset  65,700 9,500 14% 7,600 12% 1,900 20% South Gloucestershire 35,100 4,000 11% 3,300 9% 700 18% South Tyneside 18,600 5,100 27% 4,600 25% 500 9% Southampton 28,000 6,800 24% 6,300 22% 500 8% Southend-on-Sea 23,200 5,400 23% 4,200 18% 1,200 22% Southwark 33,500 12,200 36% 10,200 30% 2,000 16% St. Helens 23,500 6,100 26% 5,100 22% 1,000 17% Staffordshire 105,400 14,500 14% 13,100 12% 1,400 9% Stockport 36,100 5,800 16% 5,000 14% 800 13% Stockton-on-Tees 26,200 5,900 23% 5,600 21% 300 5% Stoke-on-Trent 34,900 9,100 26% 8,600 25% 500 5% Suffolk 89,000 15,300 17% 11,800 13% 3,500 23% Sunderland 35,700 8,800 25% 8,800 25% 0 0% Surrey 131,300 15,900 12% 11,300 9% 4,600 29% Sutton 26,700 5,100 19% 3,700 14% 1,400 27% Swindon 30,100 5,400 18% 4,200 14% 1,200 22% Tameside 30,800 7,400 24% 6,800 22% 600 8% Telford and Wrekin 23,900 6,200 26% 4,900 21% 1,300 21% Thurrock 24,700 5,300 21% 4,100 17% 1,200 22% Torbay 16,000 3,400 21% 3,400 21% 0 0% Tower Hamlets 34,100 16,000 47% 16,500 48% 0 0% Trafford 31,300 4,700 15% 4,100 13% 600 14% Wakefield 43,000 9,700 23% 7,800 18% 1,900 20% Walsall 39,800 10,500 26% 10,500 26% 0 0% Waltham Forest 37,500 10,900 29% 9,500 25% 1,400 12% Wandsworth 25,500 7,500 29% 6,500 25% 1,100 14% Warrington 28,100 4,200 15% 3,500 13% 700 16% Warwickshire 67,500 10,700 16% 7,600 11% 3,100 29% West Berkshire 20,200 2,200 11% 1,700 8% 500 23% West Sussex 98,800 13,100 13% 9,800 10% 3,300 25% Westminster 15,300 6,600 43% 6,500 42% 100 2% Wigan 42,500 7,500 18% 7,500 18% 0 0% Wiltshire 60,100 6,900 11% 5,400 9% 1,500 22% Windsor and Maidenhead 16,900 1,600 9% 1,200 7% 400 22% Wirral 42,800 9,500 22% 8,900 21% 600 6% Wokingham 21,000 1,600 8% 1,100 5% 500 31% Wolverhampton 35,300 10,400 29% 9,800 28% 600 6% Worcestershire 70,200 10,600 15% 9,200 13% 1,400 13% York 21,200 2,500 12% 2,300 11% 200 7% 1Numbers rounded to the nearest hundred. 9 Local Authority of residence Pupils1 on roll Pupils1 entitled to FSM as at Dec 2012… … as a proportion of those on roll Pupils1 claiming FSM as at Jan 2013… … as a proportion of those on roll Entitled pupils1 not claiming Under-registration rate North East 331,000 77,100 23% 76,300 23% 800 1% North West 937,800 205,000 22% 190,500 20% 14,600 7% Yorkshire and the Humber 700,200 148,800 21% 134,900 19% 13,900 9% East Midlands 592,100 112,800 19% 95,700 16% 17,100 15% West Midlands 764,900 172,100 22% 159,100 21% 13,000 8% East of England 767,000 128,800 17% 105,200 14% 23,600 18% London 1,027,600 293,600 29% 261,500 25% 32,100 11% South East 1,084,900 168,500 16% 136,000 13% 32,500 19% South West 647,700 100,500 16% 86,700 13% 13,800 14% Inner London 349,000 132,100 38% 123,500 35% 8,600 7% Outer London 678,600 161,500 24% 138,000 20% 23,500 15% ENGLAND 6,853,100 1,407,200 21% 1,245,800 18% 161,400 11% Source: HMRC benefits data December 2012 & School Census January 2013.    5   © Crown copyright 2013 Reference: DFE- RR319 ISBN: 978-1-78105-284-6 You may re-use this information (excluding logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. 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