HC Deb 20 June 1979 vol 968 c610W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children attended schools in the Tayside region in September 1978; what percentage took school meals; and what percentage of the total number taking school meals had free dinners.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The main school meals census is taken on a day in January each year 66,325 pupils attended Tayside schools on the day of the 1979 census 46 per cent. of these had a school meal of which 30 per cent. were free.