§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average price of a school meal in Scotland.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher44 pence.
§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children took school meals in Scotland in each of the past three years; if he will provide a breakdown for both primary and secondary pupils, and if he will show the percentage change over the period.
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§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information, which is taken from the annual census of school meals held each January, is as follows:
No. of pupils taking school meals Uptake as a percentage of all pupils at school on the census day Yearly change in the percentage uptake (1) (2) (3) 1980 381,945 43.6% 1981 329,667 37.9% -5.7% 1982 316,212 38.4% +0.5% No information on the numbers, separately, of primary and secondary school pupils taking school meals is available prior to 1982. In 1982
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Education, Arts and Libraries Programme 15.8 Table 1 (corresponding to Table 2.10) £ Million cash 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 Scottish Education Department Education Schools Under-Fives Capital 2 1 — 1 — — — Current 10 11 16 17 23 21 23 Primary, secondary and other Capital 67 62 51 46 53 56 49 Primary Current 189 205 235 240 313 321 337 Secondary Current 231 244 284 328 441 460 507 1063 1081 Special schools Current* — — — — — — — Other Current 39 43 47 54 65 73 80 Transport† — — — — — — — Meals‡ 34 32 34 45 30 33 34 Milk‡ 2 2 5 3 2 2 3 Higher and further education (including teacher training) Universities Capital║ — — — — — — — Non-universities Capital 12 11 7 11 10 11 10 Universities Current║ — — — — — — — 319 330 Non-universities Current 80 79 91 107 145 154 176 Student awards Current 47 72 82 94 118 127 118 Miscellaneous educational services, research and administration Youth service Capital 5 4 3 3 5 4 6 Current 12 13 16 19 21 22 24 Research and other services Capital — — — 1 — — — 84 87 Current 3 4 5 5 5 8 9 Administration Capital — — — — — — — Current 21 22 25 30 36 38 41 Research councils, ete║ Capital — — — — — — — Current — — — — — — — Total education Capital 86 78 61 62 68 71 65 Current 668 727 840 942 1199 1258 1352 Total education 754 805 901 1004 1267 1329 1417 1466 1498 Arts and libraries Central Government Capital — — — — 1 1 2 Current 3 3 4 5 8 9 9 Local Authorities 198,549 primary pupils and 106,425 secondary pupils took school meals; the remainder of the 1982 total, that is 11,238 meals, is accounted for by nursery and special school pupils.