| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 5A3 Pupils on the register of education authority schools; |
| number and percentage of pupils recorded as being entitled to free meals by educaton authority and sector, 1997/981 |
Education authority |
All sectors 2,3 |
Primary |
Secondary |
Special |
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Number of |
Percentage |
Number of |
Percentage |
Number of |
Percentage |
Number of |
Percentage |
|
| Scotland | 801,708 |
19.7 |
438,082 |
22.7 |
302,821 |
16.9 |
7,714 |
66.3 |
| Aberdeen City | 26,869 |
13.3 |
15,824 |
15.5 |
10,577 |
8.6 |
468 |
45.5 |
| Aberdeenshire | 39,045 |
5.6 |
21,290 |
7.1 |
14,717 |
3.8 |
367 |
26.4 |
| Angus | 17,644 |
10.4 |
9,373 |
13.7 |
7,069 |
7.7 |
* |
* |
| Argyll & Bute | 13,387 |
13.4 |
7,747 |
15.4 |
5,390 |
10.2 |
54 |
87.0 |
| Clackmannanshire | 8,388 |
20.0 |
4,542 |
24.3 |
2,960 |
15.9 |
66 |
100.0 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 24,038 |
12.0 |
12,958 |
15.6 |
9,362 |
9.0 |
32 |
68.8 |
| Dundee City | 22,398 |
21.5 |
12,287 |
24.7 |
8,556 |
16.3 |
185 |
49.2 |
| East Ayrshire | 20,979 |
20.5 |
11,414 |
24.8 |
7,611 |
17.5 |
187 |
70.6 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 20,115 |
10.0 |
10,614 |
9.6 |
8,412 |
11.0 |
143 |
46.9 |
| East Lothian | 14,131 |
13.3 |
7,961 |
18.4 |
4,640 |
9.1 |
* |
* |
| East Renfrewshire | 16,267 |
10.2 |
8,609 |
10.6 |
6,612 |
10.6 |
45 |
100.0 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 54,715 |
24.6 |
30,256 |
29.2 |
17,952 |
20.9 |
792 |
60.4 |
| Eilean Siar4 | 4,555 |
12.5 |
2,535 |
14.0 |
2,002 |
10.6 |
* |
* |
| Falkirk | 23,054 |
18.1 |
12,316 |
21.3 |
8,551 |
14.3 |
297 |
100.0 |
| Fife | 57,485 |
17.4 |
30,848 |
20.5 |
21,958 |
14.9 |
253 |
92.1 |
| Glasgow City | 89,550 |
41.4 |
48,876 |
46.3 |
27,832 |
41.6 |
2,054 |
72.2 |
| Highland | 35,577 |
12.9 |
18,982 |
15.8 |
14,440 |
10.7 |
150 |
28.7 |
| Inverclyde | 14,266 |
23.9 |
7,791 |
25.9 |
5,583 |
23.2 |
145 |
65.5 |
| Midlothian | 14,066 |
16.5 |
7,479 |
19.8 |
5,053 |
12.9 |
192 |
87.0 |
| Moray | 14,348 |
9.4 |
8,048 |
12.0 |
5,542 |
6.8 |
22 |
27.3 |
| North Ayrshire | 22,808 |
25.4 |
12,593 |
29.1 |
8,746 |
22.6 |
201 |
66.7 |
| North Lanarkshire | 53,191 |
24.7 |
29,843 |
26.4 |
22,383 |
21.6 |
692 |
58.4 |
| Orkney Islands | 3,539 |
8.4 |
1,819 |
10.8 |
1,421 |
5.9 |
17 |
88.2 |
| Perth & Kinross | 19,404 |
8.1 |
10,142 |
10.7 |
7,282 |
5.7 |
53 |
41.5 |
| Renfrewshire | 28,354 |
21.6 |
15,783 |
23.7 |
11,235 |
19.4 |
302 |
61.6 |
| Scottish Borders | 16,264 |
6.6 |
8,920 |
8.7 |
6,284 |
4.8 |
* |
* |
| Shetland Islands | 4,209 |
7.7 |
2,316 |
9.9 |
1,571 |
6.0 |
* |
* |
| South Ayrshire | 18,236 |
15.5 |
9,458 |
18.5 |
7,622 |
13.0 |
102 |
77.5 |
| South Lanarkshire | 47,470 |
20.4 |
26,810 |
21.4 |
19,821 |
17.8 |
490 |
78.4 |
| Stirling | 13,474 |
16.0 |
6,817 |
18.4 |
5,446 |
13.8 |
58 |
100.0 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 16,709 |
28.8 |
8,844 |
31.8 |
6,681 |
27.4 |
195 |
70.3 |
| West Lothian | 27,173 |
18.5 |
14,987 |
22.4 |
9,510 |
16.3 |
152 |
75.0 |
Source: SOEID Education Statistics |
| 1 Provisional. |
| 2 Includes pupils attending schools not providing meals |
| 3 Includes pupils in nursery schools and special schools. |
| 4 Formerly Western Isles. |