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STATISTICS PUBLICATION NOTICE
SCHOOL MEALS IN SCOTLAND JANUARY 2004

Table 1: Pupils entitled to free school meals by sector, 1997 to 2004

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

Pupils on school roll

Total

754,739

748,529

747,968

744,577

739,511

733,520

730,372

723,355

Primary

440,486

438,024

436,149

430,522

424,525

421,158

414,691

406,919

Secondary

306,758

302,791

304,406

306,159

307,024

304,451

308,086

308,770

Special

7,495

7,714

7,413

7,896

7,962

7,911

7,595

7,666

Pupils entitled to free meals

Total

163,467

164,193

154,458

150,938

144,284

138,482

137,396

138,808

Primary

105,165

104,702

96,840

93,406

88,286

85,331

83,597

83,994

Secondary

53,135

54,381

53,264

52,788

51,194

48,455

49,389

50,156

Special

5,167

5,110

4,354

4,744

4,804

4,696

4,410

4,658

Pupils registered for free meals (1)

Total

127,897

Primary

77,757

Secondary

45,585

Special

4,555

Percentage of pupils entitled to free meals

Total

21.7

21.9

20.7

20.3

19.5

18.9

18.8

19.2

Primary

23.9

23.9

22.2

21.7

20.8

20.3

20.2

20.6

Secondary

17.3

18.0

17.5

17.2

16.7

15.9

16.0

16.2

Special

68.9

66.2

58.7

60.1

60.3

59.4

58.1

60.8

(1) Not collected before 2004

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