AQW 2521/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to detail how many children across Northern Ireland are in receipt of free school meals.
Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 30 June 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 30 June 2022
- Answer due by
- 19 July 2022
- Answered
- 19 July 202219 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Education Authority has confirmed that at 30 June there were 102,577 children entitled to free schools meals.
This is broken down as follows:
Nursery Age - 4,213
Primary Age - 54,032
Post Primary Age (School Pupils) - 43,036
FE Students - 1,296
Total 102,577