Estimate of additional children claiming Free School Meals following expansion of eligibility
Reporting year 2025

Description

---

Coverage

---

File formats and conventions

---

Data files

Free School Meal eligibility estimates

Filename: fsm_elig_estimates.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2023/24 to 2029/30
Content summary: Estimates of Free School Meal eligibility

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name                    |  Variable description
-------------------------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
actual_fsm_elig                  |  Actual number of pupils claiming a free meal
additional_claiming_free_meal    |  Additional pupils claiming a free meal
children_in_uc_households_4_6    |  Children in households receiving Universal Credit (Aged 4-6)
children_in_uc_households_7_15   |  Children in households receiving Universal Credit (Aged 7-15)
children_in_uc_households_total  |  Children in households receiving Universal Credit (Aged 4-15)
children_taking_fsm              |  Children taking up Free School Meal
uifsm_discounting_fsm            |  Pupils estimated to be receiving Universal Infant Free School Meals, discounting those eligible for FSM
