STATISTICS PUBLICATION NOTICE
SCHOOL MEALS IN SCOTLAND JANUARY 2004
Table 10: Pupils in education authority primary schools: Percentage of entitled pupils taking free school meals, 1997 to 2004 (National Priorities Indicator 3.1.C)
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
Scotland | 75.7 | 72.8 | 76.7 | 78.7 | 77.8 | 78.6 | 77.2 | 76.3 |
Aberdeen City | 85.8 | 85.5 | 86.9 | 88.9 | 84.8 | 85.2 | 81.5 | 81.2 |
Aberdeenshire | 94.7 | 93.6 | 92.0 | 92.6 | 89.8 | 88.7 | 84.3 | 88.7 |
Angus | 84.4 | 73.4 | 68.0 | 80.3 | 82.5 | 79.2 | 77.9 | 60.8 |
Argyll & Bute | 85.3 | 80.8 | 82.2 | 86.7 | 84.7 | 86.1 | 83.7 | 87.4 |
Clackmannanshire | 85.7 | 88.9 | 83.0 | 88.4 | 85.3 | 85.6 | 81.0 | 76.9 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 92.8 | 85.0 | 86.0 | 88.7 | 86.7 | 86.1 | 82.0 | 86.0 |
Dundee City | 61.1 | 60.0 | 63.2 | 64.4 | 62.6 | 66.0 | 66.6 | 67.1 |
East Ayrshire | 82.5 | 76.3 | 75.4 | 84.3 | 78.4 | 82.3 | 83.5 | 86.1 |
East Dunbartonshire | 77.3 | 73.6 | 78.4 | 80.8 | 78.9 | 77.9 | 77.3 | 76.9 |
East Lothian | 87.4 | 68.8 | 71.9 | 73.3 | 71.5 | 67.8 | 54.3 | 53.4 |
East Renfrewshire | 78.8 | 76.5 | 77.6 | 77.4 | 79.3 | 80.1 | 76.0 | 70.9 |
Edinburgh, City of (1) | 70.2 | 68.2 | 77.3 | 72.8 | 71.0 | 68.1 | 73.4 | 75.6 |
Eilean Siar | 84.9 | 84.8 | 88.3 | 87.2 | 83.3 | 85.7 | 78.7 | 90.7 |
Falkirk | 77.6 | 84.2 | 86.2 | 87.5 | 86.7 | 85.7 | 92.3 | 89.6 |
Fife | 84.1 | 82.7 | 84.2 | 85.2 | 81.2 | 83.9 | 74.0 | 63.3 |
Glasgow City | 73.6 | 67.6 | 76.4 | 78.9 | 78.4 | 80.4 | 79.8 | 79.4 |
Highland | 82.6 | 82.4 | 82.1 | 71.0 | 67.1 | 69.8 | 72.9 | 75.6 |
Inverclyde | 82.7 | 81.6 | 79.5 | 83.5 | 82.7 | 81.1 | 77.5 | 82.6 |
Midlothian | 85.7 | 80.2 | 76.7 | 75.2 | 77.7 | 77.9 | 79.1 | 76.8 |
Moray | 92.1 | 88.7 | 91.3 | 90.1 | 83.4 | 86.5 | 84.1 | 81.7 |
North Ayrshire | 86.9 | 83.9 | 88.5 | 86.6 | 84.1 | 84.7 | 82.4 | 81.3 |
North Lanarkshire | 66.2 | 68.7 | 71.6 | 72.7 | 71.4 | 72.4 | 72.2 | 73.3 |
Orkney Islands | 76.8 | 91.4 | 92.8 | 93.8 | 82.6 | 92.1 | 85.9 | 90.1 |
Perth & Kinross | 86.0 | 85.4 | 90.8 | 86.9 | 83.7 | 85.0 | 85.8 | 86.3 |
Renfrewshire | 49.2 | 44.9 | 45.7 | 67.3 | 69.8 | 70.4 | 71.3 | 71.2 |
Scottish Borders | 79.4 | 88.1 | 82.7 | 84.3 | 84.2 | 85.4 | 82.1 | 81.0 |
Shetland Islands | 92.3 | 90.0 | 93.0 | 90.2 | 89.0 | 88.0 | 92.6 | 91.1 |
South Ayrshire | 89.2 | 83.7 | 83.0 | 82.1 | 85.5 | 85.9 | 86.1 | 76.3 |
South Lanarkshire | 75.1 | 71.3 | 75.1 | 73.7 | 73.2 | 75.8 | 74.4 | 74.6 |
Stirling | 85.3 | 85.5 | 79.1 | 81.3 | 85.0 | 83.5 | 79.9 | 80.6 |
West Dunbartonshire | 85.2 | 79.1 | 78.1 | 83.2 | 86.0 | 84.2 | 84.8 | 86.2 |
West Lothian | 71.9 | 74.2 | 86.4 | 78.5 | 87.8 | 87.0 | 71.2 | 72.2 |
Grant Maintained (2) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | - |
(1) The number of pupils entitled to free meals in Edinburgh was unavailable, so figures were estimated. See background note 3 for further information.
(2) Grant maintained schools were previously included within Glasgow