§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the number of pupils taking school meals in each education authority in Scotland in each of the past three years; how many have been free meals in each instance; and what criterion each authority adopts for eligibility for free meals.
Authority No of pupils taking school meals Column (1) Column (1) as percentage of all pupils present on day of census Column (2) No. of pupils receiving free school mealy included in Column (1) Column (3) Column (3) as percentage of all pupils present on day of census Column (4) 1980 1981 1982 1980 1981 1982 1980 1981 1982 1980 1981 1982 Borders 7,968 5,882 5,508 49.0 36.7 36.9 1,365 773 996 8.4 4.9 6.5 Central 18,626 17,615 17,691 39.1 36.9 39.2 4,708 5,084 5,853 9.9 10.7 13.0 Dumfries/Galloway 13,623 13,031 11,807 56.2 54.4 52.8 2,851 2,017 2,265 11.8 8.4 10.2 Fife 25,799 23,551 22,488 42.9 39.6 39.3 6,443 6,146 6,935 10.7 10.4 12.1 Grampian 36,019 29,429 28,292 45.4 37.1 37.9 5,935 3,225 3,709 7.5 4.1 5.0 Highland 17,170 13,941 14,832 48.8 40.4 44.4 3,674 2,339 2,813 10.4 6.8 8.4 Lothian 49,783 42,810 44,094 43.0 37.5 40.5 14,655 13,162 14,145 12.6 11.5 13.0 Strathclyde 177,508 155,329 143,657 42.2 37.5 36.7 72,881 74,565 79,406 17.3 18.0 20.3 Tayside 26,867 19,631 20.042 41.5 30.2 31.6 8,208 5,610 6,597 12.7 8.6 10.4 Orkney 2,035 1,928 1,597 63.0 60.9 56.1 385 412 389 11.9 13.0 13.7 Shetland 2,965 3,025 2,925 75.3 74.0 72.0 155 163 189 3.9 4.0 4.7 Western Isles 3,582 3,495 3,279 62.2 60.0 60.0 1,358 1,215 1,280 23.6 20.9 20.0 Scotland 381,945 329,667 316,212 43.6 37.9 38.4 122,618 114,711 124,547 14.0 13.2 15.1