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Table 13: Pupils in education authority primary schools: Percentage of pupils present taking school meals (free or purchased), 1999 to 2008

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Aberdeen City

46.9

46.8

49.6

47.8

50.7

53.4

55.1

54.3

52.2

53.4

Aberdeenshire

49.8

55.6

53.5

54.6

53.8

51.3

52.4

52.6

53.1

53.5

Angus

28.5

35.1

43.7

36.1

39.4

38.5

42.7

43.2

46.6

48.9

Argyll & Bute

54.7

56.6

54.9

57.0

58.5

55.2

50.9

55.6

56.4

54.7

Clackmannanshire

52.3

47.4

51.1

49.8

48.6

42.6

37.7

37.9

39.2

41.6

Dumfries & Galloway

61.2

60.8

57.8

58.9

55.4

47.0

42.2

46.8

45.5

47.5

Dundee City

41.9

38.8

42.9

44.9

43.0

44.0

42.2

52.4

42.2

41.6

East Ayrshire (1)

38.8

40.7

43.3

44.0

46.4

45.4

44.4

44.7

43.4

51.9

East Dunbartonshire

42.7

45.4

39.8

42.7

38.9

38.7

36.6

37.6

37.2

35.0

East Lothian

42.6

45.3

45.3

45.2

45.7

45.1

39.5

41.1

36.3

40.1

East Renfrewshire

32.1

30.8

31.0

37.6

37.2

37.4

35.1

35.8

34.6

34.6

Edinburgh, City of

35.6

35.7

37.6

36.9

38.2

38.6

40.2

39.9

37.8

37.8

Eilean Siar

56.7

56.5

57.0

60.5

61.2

63.5

56.8

60.4

64.6

62.6

Falkirk

55.2

55.0

59.0

59.6

59.9

60.1

62.4

62.9

62.9

62.8

Fife (1)

52.2

46.7

46.2

51.0

48.5

46.3

45.5

45.9

44.4

60.9

Glasgow City (1)

58.4

60.7

61.7

63.0

65.0

65.7

62.6

59.8

56.8

64.8

Highland

38.1

38.6

39.9

43.4

44.6

46.0

41.6

43.3

45.4

43.3

Inverclyde

60.1

60.3

57.3

59.0

56.1

53.5

49.2

48.8

45.9

46.7

Midlothian

44.7

48.8

49.3

53.3

55.5

64.2

57.4

57.5

61.7

63.7

Moray

39.7

41.1

40.6

41.6

42.5

40.7

39.7

44.4

40.8

40.8

North Ayrshire

61.6

57.5

57.1

57.0

59.3

53.6

51.6

49.5

47.6

48.4

North Lanarkshire

37.1

35.3

42.6

44.9

44.3

43.3

42.4

44.4

46.2

45.7

Orkney Islands

75.2

71.5

80.8

80.4

77.7

78.7

80.0

76.6

76.9

75.9

Perth & Kinross

37.2

39.1

44.8

42.6

37.9

41.5

39.5

45.6

43.1

41.2

Renfrewshire

35.7

44.8

44.7

52.1

48.3

45.8

32.4

37.3

33.9

34.0

Scottish Borders (1)

36.8

39.6

39.1

37.8

33.3

35.1

34.6

38.3

33.1

49.6

Shetland Islands

85.9

88.7

88.5

89.1

90.5

88.1

87.6

87.2

87.4

83.9

South Ayrshire

51.3

50.6

49.4

50.5

53.2

48.1

48.4

45.6

47.2

49.4

South Lanarkshire

47.4

44.3

45.4

47.6

48.7

50.1

42.7

43.4

45.1

53.1

Stirling

49.3

49.5

46.4

47.3

48.0

44.9

44.7

40.0

33.1

32.1

West Dunbartonshire (1)

62.2

52.5

59.4

58.5

63.5

58.9

43.6

45.8

47.8

57.3

West Lothian

45.3

44.6

42.5

43.0

44.9

45.6

45.7

43.5

44.8

45.4

Grant Aided (2)

..

..

..

..

..

31.4

30.5

37.2

31.0

26.9

Scotland

46.9

47.0

48.2

49.6

49.6

48.9

46.5

47.3

46.3

49.6

(1) Local authorities taking part in the trial of free school meals to all pupils in P1-P3
(2) included in Glasgow prior to 2004

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