§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the average price of school meals in primary and secondary schools in each local education authority and in Scotland as a whole at the latest date for which information is available.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe amounts charged for fixed price set meals at the time of the school meals census in January 1984 are shown in the table. A number of schools also provide cafeteria-style self-service meals, the cost of the meal varying according to choice of items. Education authorities' estimates of the average amount spent per pupil on such meals range from 25p to 64p.
Education Authority Fixed Price Meal Pence Borders 44 Central 45 Dumfries and Galloway 50 Fife 48 Grampian* 55 Highland 50 Lothian 45 Strathclyde 53 Tayside* 50 Orkney 50 Shetland 45 Western Isles 60 The average of the figures in the column above is 49.6p. * Pupils in primary classes in Grampian and Tayside were charged 45p and Grampian region pupils at special schools were charged 23p for set meals.