News Release SCHOOL MEALS IN EDUCATION AUTHORITY SCHOOLS 2001-02
Pupils on the register of education authority schools;
Number and percentage of pupils recorded as being entitled to free school meals by sector 1996-97 to 2001-02 | Table 1 |
| Year |
1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
Number of pupils on register | - total (1)(2) | 755,685 | 749,421 | 748,502 | 745,268 | 740,000 | 735,598 |
- primary (2) | 440,486 | 438,024 | 436,149 | 430,522 | 424,525 | 421,158 |
- secondary | 306,758 | 302,791 | 304,406 | 306,159 | 307,024 | 304,451 |
- special | 7,495 | 7,714 | 7,413 | 7,896 | 7,962 | 7,808 |
Percentage of pupils recorded as entitled to free meals | - total (1)(2) | 21.7 | 21.9 | 20.7 | 20.3 | 19.5 | 18.9 |
- primary (2) | 23.9 | 23.9 | 22.2 | 21.7 | 20.8 | 20.3 |
- secondary | 17.3 | 18.0 | 17.5 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 15.9 |
- special | 68.9 | 66.2 | 58.7 | 60.1 | 60.3 | 59.9 |
(1) Includes pupils attending schools not providing meals (these pupils are excluded from the figures for individual sectors).
(2) For the years 1996-97 to 1997-98 figures may include some nursery pupils attending primary schools, who were unable to be separately identified in being recorded as those entitled to free meals.