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Mr. McTaggart
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average price of a school meal in Scotland.
Mr. Alexander Fletcher
44 pence.
Mr. McTaggart
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children took school meals in Scotland in each of the past three years; if he will provide a breakdown for both primary and secondary pupils, and if he will show the percentage change over the period.
Mr. Alexander Fletcher
The information, which is taken from the annual census of school meals held each January, is as follows:
| No. of pupils taking school meals | Uptake as a percentage of all pupils at school on the census day | Yearly change in the percentage uptake | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | |
| 1980 | 381,945 | 43·6% | |
| 1981 | 329,667 | 37·9% | -5·7% |
| 1982 | 316,212 | 38·4% | +0·5% |
| Education, Arts and Libraries Programme 15.8 | Table 1 (corresponding to Table 2.10) | ||||||||
| £ Million cash | |||||||||
| 1976–77 | 1977–78 | 1978–79 | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | 1984–85 | |
| Scottish Education Department | |||||||||
| Education Schools | |||||||||
| Under-Fives | |||||||||
| Capital | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| Current | 10 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 23 | ||
| Primary, secondary and other | |||||||||
| Capital | 67 | 62 | 51 | 46 | 53 | 56 | 49 | ||
| Primary | |||||||||
| Current | 189 | 205 | 235 | 240 | 313 | 321 | 337 | ||
| Secondary | |||||||||
| Current | 231 | 244 | 284 | 328 | 441 | 460 | 507 | 1063 | 1081 |
| Special schools | |||||||||
| Current* | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Other | |||||||||
| Current | 39 | 43 | 47 | 54 | 65 | 73 | 80 | ||
| Transport† | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Meals‡ | 34 | 32 | 34 | 45 | 30 | 33 | 34 | ||
| Milk‡ | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Higher and further education (including teacher training) | |||||||||
| Universities | |||||||||
| Capital║ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Non-universities | |||||||||
| Capital | 12 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | ||
| Universities | |||||||||
| Current║ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 319 | 330 |
| Non-universities | |||||||||
| Current | 80 | 79 | 91 | 107 | 145 | 154 | 176 | ||
| Student awards | |||||||||
| Current | 47 | 72 | 82 | 94 | 118 | 127 | 118 | ||
| Miscellaneous educational services, research and administration | |||||||||
| Youth service | |||||||||
| Capital | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Current | 12 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 24 | ||
| Research and other services | |||||||||
| Capital | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 84 | 87 |
| Current | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Administration | |||||||||
| Capital | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Current | 21 | 22 | 25 | 30 | 36 | 38 | 41 | ||
| Research councils, ete║ | |||||||||
| Capital | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Current | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Total education | |||||||||
| Capital | 86 | 78 | 61 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 65 | ||
| Current | 668 | 727 | 840 | 942 | 1199 | 1258 | 1352 | ||
| Total education | 754 | 805 | 901 | 1004 | 1267 | 1329 | 1417 | 1466 | 1498 |
| Arts and libraries Central Government | |||||||||
| Capital | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Current | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Local Authorities | |||||||||
198,549 primary pupils and 106,425 secondary pupils took school meals; the remainder of the 1982 total, that is 11,238 meals, is accounted for by nursery and special school pupils.