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Table 27: Local authority school milk schemes, 2004-05 and 2005-06
Please note that provision of free school milk is a voluntary scheme. Schools who participate in the scheme are eligible for an E.U. subsidy meaning the actual cost to local authorities will, in most cases, be less than what is reported here.
Data is for primary, secondary and special schools only. Some local authorities provided milk to the pre-school sector only.

2004-05

2005-06

volume of

Spend (1)

volume of

Spend (1)

milk (litres)

(£000)

milk (litres)

(£000)

Aberdeen City

71,000

49

72,477

52

Aberdeenshire

-

-

-

-

Angus

4,326

4

3,851

4

Argyll & Bute

50,240

57

45,576

57

Clackmannanshire

-

-

54,180

29

Dumfries & Galloway

74,994

56

108,122

80

Dundee City

-

-

-

-

East Ayrshire

125,195

90

172,652

111

East Dunbartonshire

63,346

49

60,774

48

East Lothian

169,663

102

173,905

105

East Renfrewshire

53,521

42

48,100

40

Edinburgh, City of

720,318

374

769,978

414

Eilean Siar

20,650

20

64,146

36

Falkirk

141,826

62

138,003

77

Fife

620,623

373

621,174

377

Glasgow City

965,689

594

991,789

566

Highland (2)

-

-

-

-

Inverclyde

40,542

72

74,830

81

Midlothian

149,582

86

153,751

31

Moray

27,013

17

55,291

40

North Ayrshire

181,058

94

170,392

125

North Lanarkshire

341,349

150

324,216

162

Orkney Islands

9,580

7

8,788

6

Perth & Kinross

-

-

-

-

Renfrewshire

178,419

132

159,909

127

Scottish Borders

12,206

10

13,172

10

Shetland Islands

53,026

49

46,449

43

South Ayrshire

91,450

78

86,615

77

South Lanarkshire

263,929

167

214,201

239

Stirling

64,317

37

62,773

41

West Dunbartonshire

105,262

77

98,519

94

West Lothian

411,208

247

357,472

222

Scotland

4,945,810

3,197

5,151,105

3,294

(1) The figures represent the gross expenditure (i.e. not taking account of any income from E.U. subsidies). In some cases this may include expenditure on milk not used in schemes. Making inter-authority comparisons of the expenditure data is not advisable without knowing exactly what each authority has included/excluded in the figures.
Figures are calculated based on audited data returned by the 32 Scottish local authorities. Blanket guidance for definitions of what should be recorded under "gross expenditure on school milk" is not provided.
(2) Highland figure for 2004/05 has been corrected

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