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Mr. Gregory
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what is the average price of a school meal; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what is the number and percentage of free school meals provided; and if he will make a statement;
(3) how many and what percentage of children took school meals in 1989; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lang
The information requested, taken from the annual school meal census carried out in January 1989, is as follows:
| Information | |
| (1) Average charge for a fixed price school meal | 61p |
| (2) Number of pupils present on Census day | 713,034 |
| (3) Number of pupils taking meals | 328,688 |
| (4) (3) as a percentage of (2) | 46·1 |
| (5) Number of pupils receiving free meals | 105,232 |
| (6) (5) as a percentage of (2) | 14·8 |