§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average price of a school meal charged by each of the education authorities.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information is set out in the table.
Charge for a fixed price meal Region Primary Secondary Primary and Secondary- Pence Pence Pence Borders — — 50 Central — — 58 Dumfries/Galloway — — 61 Fife — — 50 Grampian 58 68 — Highland — — 65 Lothian 50 55 — Strathclyde — — 63 Tayside — — 60 Orkney — — 60 Shetland — — 60 Western Isles — — 65
§ Mr. McAllionasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children in (a) the Tayside region and (b) the Dundee district authority area are in receipt of free school meals; what percentage of the total number of children in each group this represents; and what are the comparable figures for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information is set out in the table.
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Tayside Region City of Dundee1 Year Number of children in receipt of free school meals Column (2) as a percentage of pupils on the register Number of children in receipt of free school meals Column (4) as a percentage of pupils on the register (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 1979 9,234 12.8 5,622 16.3 1980 8,208 11.6 4,978 14.8 1981 5,610 8.1 — — 1982 6,597 9.7 — — 1983 7,380 11.1 — — 1984 7,702 12.2 — — 1985 7,854 12.7 — — 1986 8,154 13.7 — — 1987 7,921 13.6 — — 1 Figures were collected on a regional basis after 1980