§ Mrs. Bainasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many schoolchildren qualify for free school meals in each Scottish education authority area; and if he will express this as a percentage of each authority's school population.
§ Mr. William RossThe numbers and proportions of children actually taking free school meals are given below. The numbers of children entitled to free meals are not known since entitlement is ascertained only on application:
Education Authority Number of schools children taking free school meals, at Jannuary 1974 As percentage of pupils on the register Aberdeen 1,712 5.9 Dundee 5,760 16.7 Edinburgh 11,382 16.8 Glasgow 32,177 19.9 Aberdeen 2,292 8.4 Angus 1,726 9.8 Argyll 913 8.9 Ayr 9,640 13.3 Banff 949 11.1 Berwick 402 10.5 Bute 251 11.4 Caithness 597 9.7 Clackmannan 1,110 12.1 Dumfries 2,263 13.6 Dunbarton 4,810 9.2 East Lothian 949 8.9 Fife 7,303 11.2 Inverness 2,734 15.1 Kincardine 449 9.3 Kirkcudbright 503 9.8 Lanark 17,549 13.1 Midlothian 2,238 7.5 Moray and Nairn 814 6.7 Orkney 557 17.2 Peebles 154 6.5 Perth and Kinross 1,751 7.6 Renfrew 8,079 10.6 Ross and Cromarty 2,604 21.3 Roxburgh 570 7.9 Selkirk 256 6.6 Stirling 4,177 10.0 Sutherland 403 15.8 West Lothian 1,971 8.3 Wigtown 1,148 19.6 Zetland 288 8.9