HC Deb 04 November 1988 vol 139 cc791-2W
Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in theOfficial Report the total number of children in each regional educational authority who were in receipt of free school meals in each academic year since 1977–78.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The number of children who were receiving free school meals on the date of the annual school meal census, conducted in January, is as follows, from 1978—

1 Primary

2 Secondary