§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now publish the results of his latest census of school meals, giving details of each local education authority, and also provide comparable statistics for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe results of the census of school meals taken in May and of the census taken in January of this year were given in my reply to the hon. Member for Aberdeen, North (Mr. Robert Hughes) on 13th July.
Comparable statistics from the censuses taken in January, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970 are shown in the following table :
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1967 Number of meals Number of meals expressed as percentage of number of pupils present Education Authority Paid Free Total Paid Free Total Free meals as percentage of total meals BURGHS Aberdeen … … 5,094 1,170 6,264 18.4 4.2 22.6 18.7 Dundee … … 9,951 2,345 12,296 32.4 7.6 40.0 19.1 Edinburgh … … 21,272 5,596 26,868 35.2 9.3 44.5 20.8 Glasgow … … 53,679 21,053 74,732 34.3 13.5 47.8 28.2 COUNTIES Aberdeen … … 11,963 470 12,433 55.3 2.2 57.4 3.8 Angus … … 5,215 330 5,545 38.1 2.4 40.5 6.0 Argyll … … 4,373 350 4,723 54.6 4.4 59.0 7.4 Ayr … … 22,234 3,837 26,071 41.4 7.1 48.5 14.7 Banff … … 3,030 437 3,467 40.5 5.8 46.3 12.6 Berwick … … 1,760 173 1,933 54.2 5.3 59.5 10.0 Bute … … 754 110 864 43.1 6.3 49.4 12.7 Caithness … … 1,411 441 1,852 28.8 9.0 37.8 23.8 Clackmannan … 2,045 512 2,557 30.3 7.6 37.9 20.0 Dumfries … … 6,362 1,662 8,024 45.9 12.0 57.9 20.7 Dunbarton … … 16,255 1,464 17,719 43.9 4.0 47.9 8.3 East Lothian … … 3,077 242 3,319 35.2 2.8 38.0 7.3 Fife … … 21,004 3,942 24,946 40.7 7.6 48.3 15.8 Inverness … … 6,543 1,215 7,758 48.0 8.9 56.9 15.7 Kincardine … … 2,187 74 2,241 54.5 1.9 56.4 3.3 Kirkcudbright … … 3,282 258 3,540 75.3 5.9 81.2 7.3 Lanark … … 41,756 7,067 48,823 40.2 6.8 47.0 14.5 Midlothian … … 8,555 985 9,540 43.7 5.0 48.7 10.3 Moray and Nairn … 3,842 464 4,306 39.1 4.7 43.8 10.8 Orkney … … 1,659 101 1,760 61.3 3.7 65.0 5.7 Peebles … … 790 92 882 41.8 4.9 46.7 10.4 Perth and Kinross … 9,271 979 10,250 49.5 5.2 54.7 9.6 Renfrew … … 23,738 4,729 28,467 41.0 8.2 49.2 16.6 Ross and Cromarty … 5,327 1,230 6,557 56.8 13.1 69.9 18.8 Roxburgh … … 2,421 239 2,660 41.5 4.1 45.6 9.0 Selkirk … … 907 148 1,055 28.5 4.7 33.2 14.0 Stirling … … 10,574 1,644 12,218 33.6 5.2 38.8 13.5 Sutherland … … 1,631 181 1,812 74.5 8.3 82.8 10.0 West Lothian … … 5,809 860 6,669 33.1 4.9 38.0 12.9 Wigtown … … 2,871 581 3,452 57.0 11.5 68.5 16.8 Zetland … … 1,766 99 1,865 68.6 3.8 72.4 5.3 Total (Scotland) … 322,388 65,080 387,468 39.3 7.9 47.2 16.8 94W 95W
1970 Number of meals Number of meals expressed as percentage of number of pupils present Education Authority Paid Free Total Paid Free Total Free meals as percentage of total meals BURGHS Aberdeen … … 4,418 2,145 6,563 15.7 7.6 23.4 32.7 Dundee … … 8,197 3,602 11,799 26.2 11.5 37.7 30.5 Edinburgh … … 19,493 8,696 28,189 31.2 13.9 45.1 30.9 Glasgow … … 35,228 26,790 62,018 22.6 17.2 39.8 43.2 COUNTIES Aberdeen … … 10,787 1,493 12,280 48.1 6.6 54.7 12.2 Angus … … 4,467 926 5,393 30.1 6.3 36.4 17.2 Argyll … … 4,158 641 4,799 49.3 7.6 56.9 13.4 Ayr … … 22,122 5,768 27,890 38.8 10.2 49.0 20.7 Banff … … 2,673 742 3,415 37.6 10.4 48.0 21.7 Berwick … … 1,510 371 1,881 47.8 11.7 59.5 19.7 Bute … … 774 170 944 42.6 9.4 52.0 18.0 Caithness … … 1,258 617 1,875 26.2 12.8 39.0 32.9 Clackmannan … … 1,704 668 2,372 25.2 9.9 35.1 28.1 Dumfries … … 5,613 2,253 7,866 40.8 16.4 57.2 28.6 Dunbarton … … 15,255 2,765 18,020 36.5 6.6 43.1 15.3 East Lothian … … 2,944 667 3,611 34.2 7.8 42.0 18.5 Fife … … 18,494 5,557 24,051 35.0 10.5 45.5 23.1 Inverness … … 5,584 2,095 7,679 38.5 14.4 52.9 27.3 Kincardine … … 2,329 344 2,673 56.9 8.4 65.3 12.9 Kirkcudbright … … 2,779 413 3,192 64.3 9.6 73.9 12.9 Lanark … … 33,970 11,186 45,156 31.3 10.3 41.6 24.8 Midlothian … … 8,251 1,377 9,628 38.2 6.4 44.5 14.3 Moray and Nairn … 3,659 781 4,440 37.3 8.0 45.3 17.6 Orkney … … 1,239 371 1,610 47.5 14.3 61.8 23.0 Peebles … … 783 108 891 44.5 6.1 50.6 12.1 Perth and Kinross … 8,658 1,309 9,967 47.2 7.1 54.4 13.1 Renfrew … … 23,993 6,122 30,115 39.0 9.9 48.9 20.3 Ross and Cromarty … 4,506 1,888 6,394 45.5 19.0 64.5 29.5 Roxburgh … … 2,165 402 2,567 36.2 6.7 42.9 15.7 Selkirk … … 891 168 1,059 28.1 5.3 33.4 15.8 Stirling … … 9,602 2,448 12,050 28.3 7.2 35.5 20.3 Sutherland … … 1,499 274 1,773 65.6 12.0 77.6 15.5 West Lothian … … 5,820 1,426 7,246 30.8 7.5 38.4 19.7 Wigtown … … 2,602 1,150 3,752 51.5 22.7 74.2 30.7 Zetland … … 1,562 303 1,865 60.0 11.6 71.6 16.2 Total (Scotland) … … 278,987 96,036 375,023 32.8 11.3 44.1 25.6
1969 Number of meals Number of meals expressed as percentage of number of pupils present Education Authority Paid Free Total Paid Free Total Free meals as percentage of total meals BURGHS Aberdeen … … 4,371 2,214 6,585 15.7 8.0 23.7 33.6 Dundee … … 8,405 4,476 12,881 26.7 14.2 40.9 34.7 Edinburgh … … 18,588 9,659 28,247 29.7 15.4 45.1 34.2 Glasgow … … 36,910 37,885 74,795 23.5 24.2 47.7 50.6 COUNTIES Aberdeen … … 10,258 2,255 12,513 45.8 10.1 55.9 18.0 Angus … … 4,278 1,335 5,613 29.3 9.1 38.4 23.8 Argyll … … 3,722 981 4,703 46.4 12.2 58.6 20.9 Ayr … … 19,780 8,118 27,898 34.5 14.2 48.6 29.1 Banff … … 2,344 1,042 3,386 31.0 13.8 44.8 30.8 Berwick … … 1,460 499 1,959 44.1 15.1 59.2 25.5 Bute … … 665 227 892 38.2 13.0 51.2 25.5 Caithness … … 1,212 793 2,005 22.8 14.9 37.7 39.6 Clackmannan … 1,802 850 2,652 24.7 11.6 36.3 32.0 Dumfries … … 5,359 2,618 7,977 37.6 18.4 56.0 32.8 Dunbarton … … 13,285 5,500 18,785 32.8 13.6 46.3 29.3 East Lothian … … 2,715 840 3,555 30.2 9.4 39.6 23.6 Fife … … 17,401 8,184 25,585 32.5 15.3 47.8 32.0 Inverness … … 5,215 2,744 7,959 35.5 18.7 54.2 34.5 Kincardine … … 1,768 503 2,271 42.1 12.0 54.1 22.1 Kirkcudbright … 2,559 720 3,279 59.3 16.7 76.0 22.0 Lanark … … 32,058 19,573 51,631 29.6 18.1 47.6 37.9 Midlothian … … 7,726 2,424 10,150 35.6 11.2 46.8 23.9 Moray and Nairn … 3,439 1,074 4,513 34.5 10.8 45.3 23.8 Orkney … … 1,235 452 1,687 45.4 16.6 62.0 26.8 Peebles … … 754 188 942 38.7 9.7 48.4 20.0 Perth and Kinross … 8,516 2,028 10,544 44.4 10.6 55.0 19.2 Renfrew … … 21,422 10,778 32,200 34.6 17.4 52.0 33.5 Ross and Cromarty … 3,774 2,651 6,425 38.7 27.2 65.9 41.3 Roxburgh … … 2,093 659 2,752 34.2 10.8 45.0 24.0 Selkirk … … 806 276 1,082 24.8 8.5 33.2 25.5 Stirling … … 9,009 3,765 12,774 27.2 11.4 38.6 29.5 Sutherland … … 1,380 371 1,751 60.2 16.2 76.3 21.2 West Lothian … … 5,343 2,162 7,505 28.4 11.5 39.9 28.8 Wigtown … … 2,353 1,441 3,794 46.2 28.3 74.5 38.0 Zetland … … 1,361 414 1,775 54.4 16.6 71.0 23.3 Total (Scotland) … 263,366 139,699 403,065 30.9 16.4 47.2 34.7 —[Vol. 821, c. 76.]