HC Deb 26 January 1996 vol 270 cc446-53W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each regional and island council in Scotland for each academic year since 1979–80 the average price of a school meal in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools. [11103]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

The average cost to pupils of school meals is not collected centrally. Pupils can obtain either a fixed meal at a set charge or a cafeteria style meal for which the charge will vary depending on the individual pupil's choice. The table gives details of the fixed price meal charge levied by each education authority in each year since 1979. The level of the charge made is at the discretion of the education authority.

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each regional and island council in Scotland and for each sub-division within the Strathclyde regional council area for each academic year since 1979–80 for(a) primary and (b) secondary schools (i) the total number of children in education, (ii) how many children are in receipt of free school meals and (iii) the percentage of children in receipt of free school meals. [11104]

Mr. Robertson

Information on the uptake of free school meals for the school sessions 1979–80 to 1992–93 is not available for separate primary and secondary sectors. Information by sector has been collected only from 1993–94 school session onwards.

Table 1: Number of pupils in Education Authority primary schools at September in session
Session
Education Authority 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 11985–86 11986–87
Sector All All All All All All All All
Scotland 545,161 518,492 492,645 467,971 448,009 437,538 435,454 433,459
Borders 10,135 9,643 9,156 8,686 8,353 8,219 8,246 8,213
Central 29,737 28,559 27,258 25,850 24,897 24,287 24,158 23,754
Dumfries and Galloway 15,069 14,223 13,457 12,799 12,480 12,285 12,313 12,321
Fife 36,766 35,103 33,733 32,257 31,388 31,005 31,105 30,602
Grampian 49,831 48,352 47,128 45,767 43,827 43,274 43,156 42,941
Highland 22,000 21,275 20,568 19,822 19,460 19,168 19,290 19,394
Lothian 71,816 68,112 64,688 61,461 58,327 55,745 54,964 54,386
Strathclyde 261,721 247,143 232,691 219,231 208,934 204,311 203,521 203,337
Tayside 39,694 37,925 35,964 34,278 32,757 31,871 31,335 31,298
Orkney 2,000 1,923 1,886 1,910 1,910 1,866 1,825 1,826
Shetland 2,711 2,705 2,681 2,564 2,478 2,388 2,386 2,387
Western Isles 3,681 3,529 3,435 3,346 3,198 3,119 3,155 3,000
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute 6,880 6,484 6,215 6,094 5,898 5,708 5,727 5,687
Ayr 43,074 40.924 38,380 36,045 34,686 33,927 33,711 33,689
Dunbarton 36,923 35,235 33,744 32,275 31,064 30,602 30,581 30,514
Glasgow 75,160 69,773 64,682 60,602 57,123 55,593 55,553 55,593
Lanark 60,175 57,303 54,284 50,743 48,491 47,324 46,941 46,884
Renfrew 39,509 37,424 35,386 33.472 31,672 31,157 31,008 30,970
1Estimated figures due to teacher industrial action.

at September in session
Session
Education Authority 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
Sector All All All All All All All All
Scotland 430,919 432,760 437,072 440,591 440,808 438,974 438,401 438,011
Borders 8,164 8,327 8,411 8,525 8,520 8,551 8,613 8,610
Central 23,516 23,520 23,682 23,709 23,428 23,388 23,249 23,100
Dumfries and Galloway 12,302 12,405 12,733 12,848 12,772 12,936 12,882 12,820
Fife 30,554 30,555 30,908 31,206 31,188 31,140 31,082 30,965
Grampian 43,041 42,985 43,374 43,898 44,203 44,566 44,795 45,006
Highland 19,278 19,331 19,527 19,549 19,653 19,369 19,152 19,001
Lothian 54,363 54,588 55,201 55,898 56,270 56,560 57,514 58,007
Strathclyde 201,508 202,713 204,628 205,873 205,614 203,152 201,762 200,980
Tayside 31,108 31,375 31,769 32,312 32,467 32,658 32,684 32,846
Orkney 1,787 1,827 1,783 1,787 1,801 1,832 1,821 1,841
Shetland 2,370 2,338 2,257 2,230 2,244 2,189 2,206 2,231
Western Isles 2,928 2,796 2,799 2,756 2,648 2,633 2,641 2,604
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute 5,721 5,705 5,742 5,770 5,664 5,375 5,402 5,389
Ayr 33,441 33,633 34,093 34,171 34,263 34,013 33,771 33,667
Dunbarton 30,321 30,281 30,396 30,505 30,244 29,663 29,332 29,161
Glasgow 54,759 55,307 55,887 56,588 56,985 56,699 56,303 55,846
Lanark 46,355 46,565 47,067 47,171 46,702 45,875 45,328 45,043
Renfrew 30,911 31,222 31,443 31,668 31,756 31,527 31,626 31,874

The following tables show at table 1—the number of pupils registered in education authority primary schools; table 2—the number of pupils registered in education authority secondary schools; table 3—the total number of pupils in education authority schools, including nursery and special schools, taking free school meals at the annual January census; table 4—the percentage of all pupils in education authority schools, including nursery and special schools, taking free meals at the annual January census; and table 5—the numbers and percentages of primary and secondary pupils taking free school meals for the 1993–94 and 1994–95 school sessions.

Table 2: Number of pupils in Education Authority secondary schools at September in session
Session
Education Authority 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 11985–86 11986–87
Sector All All All All All All All All
Scotland 410,242 407,844 404,575 399,075 390,368 376,071 360,645 344,369
Borders 7,351 7,411 7,423 7,501 7,417 7,140 6,907 6,684
Central 22,236 22,283 22,209 21,910 21,479 20,866 20,120 19,300
Dumfries and Galloway 11,403 11,611 11,838 11,814 11,569 11,181 10,747 10,204
Fife 26,624 26,792 26,847 26,665 26,194 25,208 24,371 23,606
Grampian 34,471 34,444 34,603 34,866 35,366 34,635 34,216 33,247
Highland 16,113 16,128 16,119 16,021 15,958 15,629 15,183 14,853
Lothian 52,720 52,316 51,515 50,240 48,981 47,685 45,415 43,328
Strathclyde 203,995 201,712 198,957 195,428 189,219 180,499 171,505 162,258
Tayside 29,666 29,248 29,064 28,667 28,131 27,293 26,388 25,221
Orkney 1,496 1,541 1,521 1,496 1,464 1,443 1,414 1,376
Shetland 1,618 1,631 1,702 1,715 1,797 1,760 1,740 1,709
Western Isles 2,549 2,727 2,777 2,752 2,793 2,732 2,639 2,583
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute 4,881 5,073 5,080 5,183 5,065 4,940 4,797 4,518
Ayr 31,467 31,607 31,710 31,627 30,927 29,954 28,615 27,322
Dunbarton 27,448 27,333 27,320 26,884 26,331 25,562 24,797 24,072
Glasgow 61,666 59,690 57,665 55,438 52,752 48,540 44,959 41,184
Lanark 47,445 47,280 47,016 46,644 45,072 43,308 41,088 39,026
Renfrew 31,088 30,729 30,166 29,652 29,072 28,195 27,249 162,258
1Estimated figures due to teacher industrial action.

at September in session
Session
Education authority 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
Sector All All All All All All All All
Scotland 327,056 311,563 298,453 293,569 296,455 303,056 311,255 314,904
Borders 6,326 5,990 5,846 5,814 5,905 5,989 6,182 6,296
Central 18,379 17,641 16,817 16,537 16,699 17,017 17,212 17,285
Dumfries and Galloway 9,802 9,345 9,015 8,889 8,922 9,105 9,400 9,464
Fife 22,454 21,727 21,026 21,035 21,247 21,652 22,413 22,699
Grampian 31,790 30,831 29,589 29,402 29,988 30,610 31,386 31,831
Highland 14,348 14,043 13,663 13,640 14,015 14,516 14,995 15,212
Lothian 41,187 39,132 37,361 35,988 36,091 36,647 37,641 38,020
Strathclyde 153,292 144,548 137,574 135,040 136,193 139,722 143,606 145,307
Tayside 24,001 22,985 22,272 21,962 22,045 22,380 22,986 23,343
Orkney 1,338 1,281 1,332 1,329 1,386 1,412 1,448 1,439
Shetland 1,663 1,643 1,623 1,635 1,651 1,757 1,761 1,766
Western Isles 2,476 2,397 2,335 2,298 2,303 2,249 2,225 2,242
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute 4,421 4,255 4,098 4,013 4,083 4,092 4,180 4,244
Ayr 26,182 25,004 23,815 23,351 23,330 23,855 24,622 25,028
Dunbarton 22,918 22,375 21,638 21,216 21,527 22,465 22,927 23,256
Glasgow 37,907 34,623 32,303 31,594 31,659 32,140 32,728 32,993
Lanark 37,074 34,889 33,085 32,561 32,969 33,805 34,933 35,335
Renfrew 24,790 23,402 22,635 22,305 22,625 23,365 24,216 24,451

Table 3: Number of pupils in Education Authority schools taking free school meals at January in session
Session
Education Authority 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 11985–86 11986–87
Sector All All All All All All All All
Scotland 122,618 114,711 124,547 132,953 129,335 136,669 136,627 143,194
Borders 1,365 773 966 1,097 1,113 1,136 1,065 1,203
Central 4,708 5,084 5,853 6,584 6,443 7,311 6,975 8,046
Dumfries and Galloway 2,851 2,017 2,265 2,705 2,718 2,765 2,950 2,826
Fife 6,443 6,146 6,935 7,263 6,719 8,639 8,172 9,025
Grampian 5,935 3,225 3,709 4,117 4,318 4,704 4,800 5,593
Highland 3,674 2,339 2,813 3,415 3,438 4,312 4,355 4,643
Lothian 14,655 13,162 14,145 12,854 12,413 14,201 13,711 14,689
Strathclyde 72,881 74,565 79,406 85,426 82,348 84,096 84,659 87,362

Table 3: Number of pupils in Education Authority schools taking free school meals at January in session
Session
Education Authority 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 11985–86 11986–87
Tayside 8,208 5,610 6,597 7,380 7,702 7,854 8,154 7,921
Orkney 385 412 389 520 512 477 429 438
Shetland 155 163 189 183 236 246 232 270
Western Isles 1,358 1,215 1,280 1,409 1,375 928 1,125 1,178
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute 1,497 1,336 1,443 1,563 1,525 1,469 1,510 1,560
Ayr 10,592 10,579 10,801 12,295 12,690 13,202 12,540 13,266
Dunbarton 5,734 5,823 6,838 7,972 7,385 8,103 8,622 9,340
Glasgow 31,743 32,913 34,156 36,045 33,791 33,947 34,059 34,671
Lanark 15,135 15,885 16,631 17,172 17,316 16,959 16,759 16,823
Renfrew 8,180 8,029 9,537 10,379 9,641 10,416 11,169 11,702
1Contains some estimated data.

at January in session
Session
Education Authority 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
Sector All All All All All All All All
Scotland 145,219 105,232 99,303 101,915 107,186 107,709 121,479 121,123
Borders 1,184 522 779 650 751 683 721 750
Central 7,740 5,448 4,985 5,170 5,402 5,476 5,931 6,176
Dumfries and Galloway 2,994 1,755 1,656 1,769 1,889 2,017 2,102 2,155
Fife 8,927 6,227 6,123 6,432 7,017 7,080 8,065 8,283
Grampian 5,967 4,068 4,099 4,375 5,177 5,695 5,721 6,182
Highland 4,960 3,395 2,967 2,881 3,024 3,270 4,015 3,918
Lothian 15,773 12,219 11,710 12,330 12,857 13,551 15,190 15,358
Strathclyde 87,147 63,905 59,853 61,169 63,682 62,436 71,981 70,595
Tayside 8,720 6,562 6,121 6,199 6,396 6,520 6,732 6,723
Orkney 432 193 183 179 208 201 220 232
Shetland 263 146 142 160 210 226 236 250
Western Isles 1,112 792 685 601 573 554 565 501
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute 1,555 950 861 896 1,040 1,150 1,224 1,210
Ayr 12,899 8,718 8,512 8,887 9,460 9,942 10,451 10,016
Dunbarton 9,027 6,806 6,046 6,184 6,486 6,477 7,568 7,595
Glasgow 35,337 27,053 25,188 26,243 27,093 25,040 29,948 29,196
Lanark 16,585 11,450 10,865 10,861 11,137 11,843 13,663 13,660
Renfrew 11,744 8,928 8,381 8,098 8,466 7,984 9,127 8,918

Table 4: Percentage of pupils in Education Authority schools taking. free school meals at January in session
Session
Education Authority 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 11985–86 11986–87
Sector All All All All All All All All
Scotland 14.0 13.2 15.1 16.3 17.1 18.2 18.6 19.6
Borders 8.4 4.8 6.5 7.3 7.6 8.1 7.7 8.7
Central 9.9 10.6 13.0 14.8 15.2 17.6 17.1 19.5
Dumfries and Galloway 11.8 8.4 10.1 12.0 12.4 13.3 13.8 14.1
Fife 10.7 10.3 12.1 12.8 12.8 16.4 15.4 16.9
Grampian 7.5 4.1 5.0 5.6 5.9 6.5 6.8 7.9
Highland 10.4 6.8 8.4 10.2 10.8 13.3 13.4 15.0
Lothian 12.6 11.5 13.0 12.1 12.5 14.2 14.2 15.3
Strathclyde 17.3 18.0 20.3 22.1 23.4 24.1 24.8 25.7
Tayside 12.7 8.6 10.4 11.9 13.5 13.7 15.1 15.1
Orkney 11.9 13.0 13.7 15.9 16.0 15.3 14.8 14.4
Shetland 3.9 4.0 4.6 4.5 5.9 6.3 5.9 6.9
Western Isles 23.6 20.9 23.4 25.7 24.5 17.4 21.9 23.7
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute 14.1 12.6 13.9 15.3 15.7 15.3 16.1 16.9
Ayr 15.5 15.9 17.6 19.6 21.3 22.9 22.1 23.4
Dunbarton 9.9 10.2 12.5 14.8 15.1 15.6 17.0 18.1
Glasgow 26.2 27.1 30.0 32.6 35.0 35.9 36.6 38.5
Lanark 15.7 16.7 18.4 19.2 21.1 21.2 21.8 21.6
Renfrew 12.5 12.6 15.7 17.3 17.6 19.0 20.6 21.7

at January in session
Session
Education Authority 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
Sector All All All All All All All All
Scotland 19.9 14.8 14.1 14.6 15.4 15.7 16.7 16.6
Borders 8.5 3.8 5.7 4.7 5.5 4.9 5.1 5.1
Central 18.9 14.1 12.8 13.5 14.3 14.4 14.8 15.6
Dumfries and Galloway 14.5 8.8 8.1 8.8 9.4 9.9 9.7 10.1
Fife 16.9 12.0 12.0 12.6 13.7 14.0 15.1 15.2
Grampian 8.3 5.7 5.3 6.1 7.5 8.0 7.7 8.2
Highland 15.8 11.1 9.5 9.4 9.8 10.5 12.4 12.0
Lothian 16.6 13 12.8 13.6 14.0 14.9 15.5 15.8
Strathclyde 25.8 19.4 18.8 19.2 20.1 20.4 21.8 21.7
Tayside 16.4 12.5 11.9 11.9 12.2 12.2 12.9 12.1
Orkney 14.5 6.6 6.1 6.0 6.9 6.3 7.0 6.9
Shetland 6.8 3.8 3.8 4.1 5.6 5.9 6.1 6.2
Western Isles 22.9 18.0 14.7 13.1 12.3 12.6 12.1 11.2
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute 16.4 10.4 9.6 9.9 11.6 13.5 13.8 13.5
Ayr 22.5 15.8 15.9 16.5 17.5 19.7 19.5 18.8
Dunbarton 17.6 13.5 12.3 12.9 13.7 13.3 15.5 15.6
Glasgow 39.6 31.7 30.9 31.5 32.4 32.2 34.0 34.1
Lanark 21.4 15.3 14.9 14.8 15.6 17.0 17.9 18.1
Renfrew 22.1 16.6 16.3 15.9 16.6 15.8 16.8 16.5

Number of pupils in education authority schools taking free school meals at January in session
Session
1993–94 1994–95
Primary Secondary Primary Secondary
Education Authority Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage
Scotland 84,970 20.5 30,286 11.3 84,645 20.6 30,578 11.3
Borders 578 7.0 130 2.4 590 7.1 137 2.4
Central 4,155 19.0 1,312 8.7 4,219 19.5 1,505 10.2
Dumfries and Galloway 1,539 12.6 546 6.4 1,599 13.1 540 6.5
Fife 5,642 19.1 1,951 10.1 5,832 19.9 2,018 9.7
Grampian 4,174 9.8 1,295 4.8 4,378 10.3 1,487 5.3
Highland 2,797 15.4 1,107 8.3 2,747 15.2 1,085 7.9
Lothian 10,951 19.9 3,200 9.8 10,963 19.9 3,361 10.4
Strathclyde 49,664 26.3 19,058 15.6 48,805 26.3 18,677 15.3
Tayside 4,786 15.4 1,392 7.4 4,868 15.6 1,484 7.4
Orkney 158 9.2 47 3.8 161 8.9 46 3.5
Shetland 174 8.4 47 3.0 180 8.5 53 3.3
Western Isles 352 14.0 201 9.4 303 12.2 185 9.3
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute 806 15.8 396 10.8 776 15.2 410 10.9
Ayr 7,325 23.0 2,832 13.3 7,343 23.3 2,466 11.6
Dunbarton 4,891 17.8 2,313 12.3 4,771 17.5 2,559 13.2
Glasgow 21,158 41.2 7,035 26.4 20,656 41.5 6,708 25.6
Lanark 9,435 22.1 3,737 12.3 9,355 22.1 3,821 12.5
Renfrew 6,049 20.2 2,745 12.9 5,904 19.9 2,713 12.8

1. Contains some estimated data.