School Meals in Scotland, 2008

Table 10: Pupils in education authority primary schools: Number and percentage of pupils taking school meals (free or purchased), 2008

	Pupils on the school roll	Pupils present on census day	Pupils present taking meals	Percentage of pupils who took meals	Percentage of those present who took meals
Aberdeen City	12,334	11,550	6,165	50.0	53.4
Aberdeenshire	19,353	19,152	10,244	52.9	53.5
Angus	8,378	8,036	3,895	46.5	48.5
Argyll & Bute	6,222	5,902	3,227	51.9	54.7
Clackmannanshire	3,921	3,727	1,549	39.5	41.6
Dumfries & Galloway	10,715	10,194	4,841	45.2	47.5
Dundee City	9,819	9,320	3,877	39.5	41.6
East Ayrshire ⁽¹⁾	9,040	8,620	4,473	49.5	51.9
East Dunbartonshire	8,529	8,115	2,842	33.3	35.0
East Lothian	7,457	7,119	2,852	38.2	40.1
East Renfrewshire	8,406	8,075	2,796	33.3	34.6
Edinburgh, City of	24,934	23,736	8,976	36.0	37.8
Eilean Siar	1,326	1,257	792	59.7	63.0
Falkirk	11,582	10,914	6,855	59.2	62.8
Fife ⁽¹⁾	26,839	25,495	15,524	57.8	60.9
Glasgow City ⁽¹⁾	37,889	34,953	22,660	59.8	64.8
Highland	17,041	16,259	7,036	41.3	43.3
Inverclyde	5,776	5,433	2,538	43.9	46.7
Midlothian	6,374	5,991	3,818	59.9	63.7
Moray	7,055	6,706	2,737	38.8	40.8
North Ayrshire	10,499	9,936	4,808	45.8	48.4
North Lanarkshire	27,001	25,723	11,744	43.5	45.7
Orkney Islands	1,472	1,422	1,079	73.3	75.9
Perth & Kinross	10,140	9,669	3,983	39.3	41.2
Renfrewshire	12,996	12,337	4,191	32.2	34.0
Scottish Borders ⁽¹⁾	8,395	8,036	3,986	47.5	49.6
Shetland Islands	1,847	1,756	1,473	79.8	83.9
South Ayrshire	7,976	7,612	3,762	47.2	49.4
South Lanarkshire	23,957	22,746	12,068	50.4	53.1
Stirling	6,598	6,580	2,114	32.0	32.1
West Dunbartonshire ⁽¹⁾	6,887	6,492	3,717	54.0	57.3
West Lothian	14,529	13,841	6,287	43.3	45.4
Grant Aided	458	449	121	26.4	26.9
Scotland	375,745	357,153	177,030	47.1	49.6

Local authorities taking part in the trial of free school meals to all pupils in P1-P3

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