Table 2.3: Free School Meal Arrangements by Local Education Authority, All Schools, Academic year 2004/04

Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2004

Table 2.3: Free School Meal Arrangements by Local Education Authority, All Schools, Academic year 2003/04

Top tier LA	Eligible for free school meals (%)	Taking free school meals (%)
Birmingham	32.7	27.2
Stoke on Trent	26.0	21.1
Sandwell	23.3	17.0
Wolverhampton	21.1	16.2
Coventry	19.9	16.2
Telford & The Wrekin	19.6	16.1
Walsall	17.1	13.4
Dudley	15.1	11.1
Solihull	11.1	7.9
Staffordshire	10.1	7.9
Worcestershire	9.1	7.3
Warwickshire	9.0	7.3
Shropshire	8.3	6.8
Herefordshire	7.4	6.0
West Midlands	17.9	14.3
England	16.2	12.8

SOURCE: Department for Education and Skills (DFES)
NOTES:
1. All schools includes maintained nursery, primary, secondary & special schools
2. Statistics were accessed from: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/VOL/v000495/index.shtml
3. Data are aggregated from Tables 13,14 & 37