HC Deb 13 July 1971 vol 821 cc76-7W
Mr. Robert Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the results of the census of 27th May of school meals that are now available, education authority by education authority, and indicate what reductions have taken place since January, 1971.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

A statement of the returns from education authorities in May and January follows. The figures for paid meals include pupils attending special schools and paying a reduced charge.

Pupils Taking Meals Expressed as a Percentage of Number Present Free Meals as a Percentage of Total Meals
Education Authority Paid Free Total
May, 1971 January, 1971 May, 1971 January, 1971 May, 1971 January, 1971 May, 1971 January, 1971
BURGHS
Aberdeen … 11.5 15.8 8.2 7.2 19.7 23.0 41.6 31.2
Dundee … 17.1 25.4 13.6 12.3 30.7 37.7 44.2 32.7
Edinburgh … 19.0 28.0 15.7 14.7 34.7 42.7 45.2 34.5
Glasgow … 10.6 18.2 19.0 16.8 29.6 34.9 64.1 48.0
COUNTIES
Aberdeen … 34.2 45.3 8.3 6.3 42.4 51.6 19.5 12.3
Angus … 21.4 29.4 9.2 7.1 30.7 36.5 30.1 19.6
Argyll … 39.6 48.2 8.2 7.2 47.8 55.4 17.2 13.0
Ayr … 24.4 35.9 12.2 10.2 36.7 46.2 33.4 22.2
Banff … 26.6 34.9 14.7 11.5 41.4 46.4 35.6 24.7
Berwick … 30.7 42.8 12.4 11.6 43.1 54.5 28.8 21.3
Bute … 27.9 39.5 11.3 9.3 39.2 48.8 28.8 19.0
Caithness … 17.8 26.4 13.2 11.6 31.0 38.0 42.7 30.6
Clackmannan … 17.4 39.9 12.7 11.3 30.1 41.2 42.2 27.4
Dumfries … 26.7 37.5 16.8 14.9 43.5 52.4 38.5 28.5
Dunbarton … 22.7 33.4 11.3 7.4 34 0 40.8 33.2 18.2
East Lothian … 24.0 31.9 9.8 8.1 33.8 40.0 29.1 20.3
Fife … 22.7 32.2 12.6 10.6 35.3 42.7 35.6 24.7
Inverness … 26.5 34.4 15.1 13.8 41.6 48.2 36.3 28.6
Kincardine … 40.5 54.0 11.9 8.3 52.4 62.4 22.7 13.3
Kirkcudbright … 45.2 62.5 10.1 8.1 55.3 70.8 18.2 11.8
Lanark … 17.9 30.2 13.4 9.8 31.4 40.0 42.8 24.5
Midlothian … 21.4 34.0 8.0 6.2 29.4 40.2 27.3 15.4
Moray and Nairn … 27.4 35.2 9.6 7.4 37.0 42.6 25.8 17.4
Orkney … 34.6 46.1 16.9 14.6 51.5 60.7 32.7 24.0
Peebles … 27.4 37.1 8.4 5.8 35.8 43.0 23.5 13.6
Perth and Kinross … 32.8 44.1 8.0 6.7 40.8 50.9 19.6 13.2
Renfrew … 23.5 35.0 12.6 9.9 36.1 44.8 34.9 22.0
Ross and Cromarty 32.0 43.5 24.5 20.1 56.5 63.5 43.4 31.6
Roxburgh … 28.5 35.2 9.1 7.8 37.6 42.9 24.3 18.1
Selkirk … 19.9 26.2 7.7 6.1 27.6 32.3 27.9 18.9
Stirling … 15.4 25.3 9.1 7.1 24.5 32.4 37.3 21.8
Sutherland … 51.6 65.8 17.7 12.6 69.4 78.4 25.5 16.1
West Lothian … 16.7 26.0 8.6 6.9 25.2 32.8 34.0 20.9
Wigtown … 35.3 48.0 23.2 21.2 58.4 69.2 39.7 30.6
Zetland … 52.0 61.2 14.1 9.4 66.1 70.6 21.3 13.3
Total (Scotland) … 20.4 30.2 13.4 11.1 33.8 41.3 39.6 27.0