School Meals 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 information on the numbers, separately, of primary and secondary school pupils taking school meals is available prior to 1982. In 1982---------------------------------------------- |Education, Arts and Libraries Programme 15.8| ---------------------------------------------- | | ---------------------------------------------- | | ---------------------------------------------- |Capital ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Current ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Capital ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Current ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Current | ---------------------------------------------- |Current* ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Current ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Transport† ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Meals‡ ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Milk‡ ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Capital║ ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Capital ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Current║ | ---------------------------------------------- |Current ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Current ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Capital ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Current ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Capital | ---------------------------------------------- |Current ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Capital ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Current ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Capital ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Current ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Capital ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Current ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Total education | ---------------------------------------------- |Capital ||| ---------------------------------------------- |Current ||| ---------------------------------------------- 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.