School Meals

HC Deb 21 February 1996 vol 272 cc184-91W

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average number of students who took school meals in each academic year since and including 1979–80 in each education authority area in Scotland and in each sub-division in Strathclyde regional council; what percentage those taking school meals represented of the total number of pupils; how many students were in receipt of free school meals; and what percentage this represented of the total number of students taking school meals. [15409]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

The information requested is given in the tables.

Session (at January)
Education Authority	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90	1990–91	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95
Lothian	48,019	43,265	45,176	43,793	40,793	42,892	42,945	42,358
Strathclyde	153,819	162,911	156,719	153,924	157,725	159,151	164,483	164,764
Tayside	22,805	20,872	20,540	21,997	23,018	23,496	24,932	23,864
Orkney	2,051	1,891	1,992	1,942	2,065	2,244	2,232	2,177
Shetland	2,684	2,899	2,895	2,733	2,707	2,777	2,896	3,040
Western Isles	2,894	2,548	2,636	2,551	2,425	2,534	2,650	2,490
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute	5,406	5,781	5,535	5,395	5,437	5,768	5,629	5,668
Ayr	26,382	26,019	25,754	25,213	26,954	26,830	26,388	26,754
Dunbarton	25,031	28,839	23,987	23,354	24,529	24,275	24,941	24,283
Glasgow	44,380	43,577	42,889	42,497	43,144	40,537	44,801	44,404
Lanark	28,201	29,984	29,724	31,176	30,366	33,708	34,997	34,969
Renfrew	24,419	28,711	28,830	26,289	27,295	28,033	27,727	28,686

Table 2: Total number of pupils present on census day: education authority schools
Session (at January)
Education Authority	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	11985–86	11986–87
Scotland	876,816	867,786	823,646	814,506	756,735	752,073	735,543	729,869
Borders	16,256	16,063	14,941	15,005	14,707	14,060	13,834	13,768
Central	47,697	47,857	45,144	44,494	42,314	41,643	40,898	41,200
Dumfries and Galloway	24,232	23,925	22,383	22,553	21,995	20,809	21,428	20,074
Fife	60,168	59,574	57,290	56,698	52,425	52,610	52,911	53,517
Grampian	79,318	79,341	74,608	73,910	72,821	72,102	71,000	70,398
Highland	35,160	34,578	33,369	33,482	31,916	32,410	32,540	30,882
Lothian	115,863	114,149	108,808	106,588	99,041	99,931	96,280	96,063
Strathclyde	420,433	414,295	391,392	386,914	351,577	348,738	340,794	339,673
Tayside	64,755	64,928	63,336	62,070	57,148	57,388	53,915	52,382
Orkney	3,232	3,163	2,846	3,273	3,201	3,124	2,891	3,043
Shetland	3,939	4,089	4,065	4,044	3,977	3,926	3,906	3,891
Western Isles	5,763	5,824	5,464	5,475	5,613	5,332	5,146	4,978
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute	10,650	10,584	10,377	10,233	9,714	9,624	9,397	9,220
Ayr	68,408	66,537	61,347	62,767	59,701	57,611	56,642	56,576
Dunbarton	57,961	56,890	54,734	53,873	48,748	52,011	50,671	51,626
Glasgow	121,049	121,580	113,796	110,487	96,488	94,663	92,961	90,171
Lanark	96,668	95,022	90,451	89,465	82,119	79,942	77,028	78,050
Renfrew	65,697	63,682	60,687	60,089	54,807	54,887	54,095	54,030
1 Contains some estimated data.

Session (at January)
Education Authority	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90	1990–91	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95
Scotland	729,505	713,034	704,357	698,554	695,201	687,081	727,101	729,089
Borders	13,890	13,643	13,729	13,717	13,690	13,814	14,258	14,700
Central	40,869	38,747	39,027	38,198	37,781	38,130	40,127	39,602
Dumfries and Galloway	20,683	19,895	20,418	20,196	20,082	20,401	21,566	21,441
Fife	52,749	51,802	51,036	51,211	51,389	50,691	53,401	54,471
Grampian	72,044	71,892	77,143	71,850	69,346	71,594	73,923	75,764
Highland	31,467	30,569	31,148	30,805	30,905	31,287	32,478	32,748
Lothian	95,108	94,183	91,212	90,369	91,586	90,802	97,914	96,956
Strathclyde	337,929	328,610	317,740	318,507	316,568	305,428	329,648	325,988
Tayside	53,073	52,553	51,515	52,245	52,462	53,491	52,090	55,587
Orkney	2,978	2,933	3,024	2,977	3,004	3,214	3,145	3,349
Shetland	3,850	3,801	3,716	3,883	3,734	3,822	3,887	4,006
Western Isles	4,865	4,406	4,649	5,596	4,654	4,407	4,664	4,477
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute	9,496	9,171	8,988	9,093	8,991	8,505	8,846	8,978
Ayr	57,206	55,055	53,625	53,895	54,079	50,520	53,565	53,184
Dunbarton	51,399	50,455	49,090	47,906	47,315	48,582	48,808	48,640
Glasgow	89,301	85,249	81,637	83,409	83,551	77,773	88,041	85,636
Lanark	77,406	74,952	72,932	73,262	71,601	69,655	76,190	75,659
Renfrew	53,121	53,728	51,468	50,942	51,031	50,393	54,198	53,891

Table 3: Number of pupils taking free school meals: education authority schools
Session (at January)
Education Authority	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	11985–86	11986–87
Scotland	122,618	114,711	124,547	132,953	129,335	136,669	136,627	143,194
Borders	1,365	773	966	1,097	1,113	1,136	1,065	1,203
Central	4,708	5,084	5,853	6,584	6,443	7,311	6,975	8,046
Dumfries and Galloway	2,851	2,017	2,265	2,705	2,718	2,765	2,950	2,826
Fife	6,443	6,146	6,935	7,263	6,719	8,639	8,172	9,025
Grampian	5,935	3,225	3,709	4,117	4,318	4,704	4,800	5,593
Highland	3,674	2,339	2,813	3,415	3,438	4,312	4,355	4,643
Lothian	14,655	13,162	14,145	12,854	12,413	14,201	13,711	14,689
Strathclyde	72,881	74,565	79,406	85,426	82,348	84,096	84,659	87,362
Tayside	8,208	5,610	6,597	7,380	7,702	7,854	8,154	7,921
Orkney	385	412	389	520	512	477	429	438
Shetland	155	163	189	183	236	246	232	270
Western Isles	1,358	1,215	1,280	1,409	1,375	928	1,125	1,178
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute	1,497	1,336	1,443	1,563	1,525	1,469	1,510	1,560
Ayr	10,592	10,579	10,801	12,295	12,690	13,202	12,540	13,266
Dunbarton	5,734	5,823	6,838	7,972	7,385	8,103	8,622	9,340
Glasgow	31,743	32,913	34,156	36,045	33,791	33,947	34,059	34,671
Lanark	15,135	15,885	16,631	17,172	17,316	16,959	16,759	16,823
Renfrew	8,180	8,029	9,537	10,379	9,641	10,416	11,169	11,702
1 Contains some estimated data.

Session (at January)
Education authority	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90	1990–91	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95
Scotland	145,219	105,232	99,303	101,915	107,186	107,709	121,479	121,123
Borders	1,184	522	779	650	751	683	721	750
Central	7,740	5,448	4,985	5,170	5,402	5,476	5,931	6,176
Dumfries and Galloway	2,994	1,755	1,656	1,769	1,889	2,017	2,102	2,155
Fife	8,927	6,227	6,123	6,432	7,017	7,080	8,065	8,283
Grampian	5,967	4,068	4,099	4,375	5,177	5,695	5,721	6,182
Highland	4,960	3,395	2,967	2,881	3,024	3,270	4,015	3,918
Lothian	15,773	12,219	11,710	12,330	12,857	13,551	15,190	15,358
Strathclyde	87,147	63,905	59,853	61,169	63,682	62,436	71,981	70,595
Tayside	8,720	6,562	6,121	6,199	6,396	6,520	6,732	6,723
Orkney	432	193	183	179	208	201	220	232
Shetland	263	146	142	160	210	226	236	250
Western Isles	1,112	792	685	601	573	554	565	501
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute	1,555	950	861	869	1,040	1,150	1,224	1,210
Ayr	12,899	8,718	8,512	8,887	9,460	9,942	10,451	10,016
Dunbarton	9,027	6,806	6,046	6,184	6,486	6,477	7,568	7,595
Glasgow	35,337	27,053	25,188	26,243	27,093	25,040	29,948	29,196
Lanark	16,585	11,450	10,865	10,861	11,137	11,843	13,663	13,660
Renfrew	11,744	8,928	8,381	8,098	8,466	7,984	9,127	8,918

Table 4: Number of pupils taking free school meals as a percentage of total pupils taking school meals: education authority schools
Session (at January)
Education Authority	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	11985–86	11986–87
Scotland	32.1	34.8	39.4	42.7	41.5	42.9	43.2	43.5
Borders	17.1	13.1	17.5	20.8	21.4	22.3	22.7	24.1
Central	25.3	28.9	33.1	39.8	40.3	45.2	46.9	46.6
Dumfries and Galloway	20.9	15.5	19.2	22.2	22.5	24.3	25.3	24.3
Fife	25.0	26.1	30.8	33.8	32.3	39.5	39.7	40.2
Grampian	16.5	11.0	13.1	14.5	15.1	16.1	17.6	20.0
Highland	21.4	16.8	19.0	22.1	21.2	27.0	27.0	31.7
Lothian	29.4	30.7	32.1	34.4	32.4	33.7	31.8	30.4
Strathclyde	41.1	48.0	55.3	58.5	56.7	57.3	56.5	56.8
Tayside	30.6	28.6	32.9	36.1	35.9	34.7	39.1	37.2
Orkney	18.9	21.4	24.4	27.1	27.0	24.3	25.1	25.4
Shetland	5.2	5.4	6.5	6.3	8.5	9.1	8.3	10.0
Western Isles	37.9	34.8	39.0	44.5	42.2	31.2	38.2	42.6

Table 4: Number of pupils taking free school meals as a percentage of total pupils taking school meals: education authority schools
Session (at January)
Education Authority	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	11985–86	21986–87
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute	25.6	25.5	27.6	28.9	28.5	28.8	27.4	28.2
Ayr	31.3	37.4	45.2	49.8	50.4	50.9	49.5	49.6
Dunbarton	25.5	29.3	34.7	39.0	34.4	35.9	35.4	36.0
Glasgow	61.7	68.9	75.9	78.2	78.5	79.0	77.8	79.9
Lanark	43.4	52.9	60.8	63.6	63.9	63.1	61.4	60.4
Renfrew	28.2	33.2	42.5	46.2	41.9	44.6	47.1	48.0
1 Contains some estimated data.

Session (at January)
Education authority	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90	1990–91	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95
Scotland	44.0	32.0	30.1	30.7	32.0	31.1	34.5	34.3
Borders	22.2	10.4	15.2	12.1	13.5	12.0	14.4	14.3
Central	47.1	35.2	29.7	29.7	30.4	27.4	30.4	31.5
Dumfries and Galloway	25.5	16.0	13.8	14.1	16.0	15.7	16.2	15.8
Fife	39.0	28.2	25.6	24.9	28.0	26.4	29.2	29.0
Grampian	22.4	14.7	14.0	14.0	16.3	17.2	17.8	19.5
Highland	33.8	26.0	23.1	22.1	21.2	22.6	28.0	25.6
Lothian	32.8	28.2	25.9	28.2	31.5	31.6	35.4	36.3
Strathclyde	56.7	39.2	38.2	39.7	40.4	39.2	43.8	42.8
Tayside	38.2	31.4	29.8	28.2	27.8	27.7	27.0	28.2
Orkney	21.1	10.2	9.2	9.2	10.1	9.0	9.9	10.7
Shetland	9.8	5.0	4.9	5.9	7.8	8.1	8.1	8.2
Western Isles	38.4	31.1	26.0	23.6	23.6	21.9	21.3	20.1
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute	28.8	16.4	15.6	16.6	19.1	19.9	21.7	21.3
Ayr	48.9	33.5	33.1	35.2	35.1	37.1	39.6	37.4
Dunbarton	36.1	23.6	25.2	26.5	26.4	26.7	30.3	31.3
Glasgow	79.6	62.1	58.7	61.8	62.8	61.8	66.8	65.8
Lanark	58.8	38.2	36.6	34.8	36.7	35.1	39.0	39.1
Renfrew	48.1	31.1	29.1	30.8	31.0	28.5	32.9	31.1

Table 5: Pupils taking school meals as a percentage of total pupils present: education authority schools
Session (at January)
Education Authority	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	11985–86	11986–87
Scotland	43.6	38.0	38.4	38.2	41.2	42.4	43.0	45.1
Borders	49.0	36.6	36.9	35.2	35.3	36.2	34.0	36.3
Central	39.1	36.8	39.2	37.2	37.8	38.8	36.3	41.9
Dumfries and Galloway	56.2	54.5	52.7	54.1	54.9	54.7	54.5	57.8
Fife	42.9	39.5	39.3	37.9	39.7	41.6	38.9	41.9
Grampian	45.4	37.1	37.9	38.5	39.3	40.5	38.3	39.7
Highland	48.8	40.3	44.4	46.2	50.8	49.3	49.6	47.4
Lothian	43	37.5	40.5	35.1	38.7	42.2	44.8	50.2
Strathclyde	42.2	37.5	36.7	37.7	41.3	42.1	44	45.3
Tayside	41.5	30.2	31.6	33.0	37.5	39.5	38.6	40.6
Orkney	63.0	61.0	56.1	58.7	59.2	62.9	59.0	56.7
Shetland	75.3	74.0	72.0	71.4	69.9	68.9	71.4	69.1
Western Isles	62.2	60.0	60.0	57.9	58.1	55.9	57.2	55.5
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute	54.8	49.4	50.4	52.9	55.2	52.9	58.6	59.9
Ayr	49.4	42.5	39.0	39.3	42.2	45.0	44.7	47.3
Dunbarton	38.8	34.9	36.0	37.9	44.0	43.4	48.1	50.2
Glasgow	42.5	39.3	39.5	41.7	44.6	45.4	47.1	48.1
Lanark	36.1	31.6	30.2	30.2	33.0	33.6	35.4	35.7
Renfrew	44.2	38.0	37.0	37.4	42.0	42.5	43.8	45.1
1 Contains some estimated data.

Session (at January)
Education authority	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90	1990–91	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95
Scotland	45.2	46.1	46.8	47.6	48.2	50.4	48.4	48.4
Borders	38.4	36.8	37.3	39.0	40.5	41.3	35.2	35.6
Central	40.2	39.9	42.9	45.5	47.1	52.5	48.7	49.5
Dumfries and Galloway	56.7	55.0	58.7	62.0	58.8	63.0	60.3	63.5
Fife	43.4	42.6	46.8	50.4	48.8	53.0	51.8	52.5
Grampian	37.0	38.6	37.8	43.5	45.7	46.4	43.4	41.8
Highland	46.6	42.7	41.2	42.4	46.2	46.3	44.2	46.8
Lothian	50.5	45.9	49.5	48.5	44.5	47.2	43.9	43.7
Strathclyde	45.5	49.6	49.3	48.3	49.8	52.1	49.9	50.5
Tayside	43.0	39.7	39.9	42.1	43.9	43.9	47.9	42.9
Orkney	68.9	64.5	65.9	65.2	68.7	69.8	71.0	65.0
Shetland	69.7	76.3	77.9	70.4	72.5	72.7	74.5	75.9
Western Isles	59.5	57.8	56.7	55.5	52.1	57.5	56.8	55.6
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute	56.9	63.0	61.6	59.3	60.5	67.8	63.6	63.1
Ayr	46.1	47.3	48.0	46.8	49.8	53.1	49.3	50.3
Dunbarton	48.7	57.2	48.9	48.7	51.8	50.0	51.1	49.9
Glasgow	49.7	51.1	52.5	51.0	51.6	52.1	50.9	51.9
Lanark	36.4	40.0	40.8	42.6	42.4	48.4	45.9	46.2
Renfrew	46.0	53.4	56.0	51.6	53.5	55.6	51.2	53.2