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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

Number of
pupils
on
register

Percentage
entitled
to free
meals

Number of
pupils
on
register

Percentage
entitled
to free
meals

Number of
pupils
on
register

Percentage
entitled
to free
meals

Number of
pupils
on
register

Percentage
entitled
to free
meals

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.
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