HC Deb 23 March 1998 vol 309 cc41-2W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of children were on free school meals in each local education authority area and in Scotland as a whole in the last year for which figures are available. [35568]

Mr. Wilson

The information is given in the following table which reflects the local authority structure in Scotland in 1996–97, the latest year for which figures are available.

Percentage of pupils entitled to free school meals in 1996–97 school session
Education authority Percentage
Aberdeen City 13.00
Aberdeenshire 5.60
Angus 9.00
Argyll and Bute 14.50
Clackmannanshire 21.70
Dumfries and Galloway 11.60
Dundee City 21.10
East Ayrshire 21.30
East Dunbartonshire 10.80
East Lothian 11.80
East Renfrewshire 10.40
Edinburgh, City of 19.30
Eilean Siar2 12.60
Falkirk 20.50
Fife 17.40
Glasgow City 39.50
Highland 14.60
Inverclyde 23.90
Midlothian 14.40
Moray 9.60
North Ayrshire 26.30
North Lanarkshire 25.00
Percentage of pupils entitled to free school meals' in 1996–97 school session
Education authority Percentage
Orkney Islands 9.60
Perth and Kinross 7.90
Renfrewshire 22.90
Scottish Borders 7.00
Shetland Islands 9.40
South Ayrshire 18.80
South Lanarkshire 19.50
Stirling 14.20
West Dunbartonshire 28.60
West Lothian 16.20
Scotland 19.30
1 Provisional
2 Formerly known as Western Isles