HC Deb 29 March 1988 vol 130 c406W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children currently receive free school meals in(a) Greenock, (b) Port Glasgow and (c) Strathclyde region.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Details relating to free school meals in Strathclyde region are collected centrally on an education division basis and the latest information available, taken from the 1987 annual census, is set out in the table.

Division Number of children receiving free school meals
Argyll & Bute 1,560
Ayr 13,266
Dumbarton 9,340
Glasgow (city) 34,671
Lanark 16,823
Renfrew 11,702
Total (Strathclyde Region) 87,362