Statistics Publication Notice: Education Series: School Meals in Scotland 2006
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Table 2: Entitled pupils taking free school meals by sector, 1999 to 2006
| | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
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Pupils entitled to free meals | Total | 154,458 | 150,938 | 144,284 | 138,482 | 137,396 | 137,744 | 132,351 | 122,991 |
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Primary | 96,840 | 93,406 | 88,286 | 85,331 | 83,597 | 83,580 | 79,365 | 74,279 |
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Secondary | 53,264 | 52,788 | 51,194 | 48,455 | 49,389 | 49,530 | 47,962 | 44,400 |
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Special | 4,354 | 4,744 | 4,804 | 4,696 | 4,410 | 4,634 | 5,024 | 4,312 |
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Pupils entitled to and taking free meals | Total | 108,409 | 109,953 | 103,289 | 100,203 | 96,742 | 95,279 | 89,189 | 84,305 |
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Primary | 74,324 | 73,500 | 68,649 | 67,084 | 64,547 | 63,578 | 59,257 | 56,807 |
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Secondary | 30,202 | 32,293 | 30,376 | 29,028 | 28,245 | 27,657 | 25,631 | 23,424 |
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Special | 3,883 | 4,160 | 4,264 | 4,091 | 3,950 | 4,044 | 4,301 | 4,074 |
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Percentage of entitled pupils taking free meals | Total | 70.2 | 72.8 | 71.6 | 72.4 | 70.4 | 69.2 | 67.4 | 68.5 |
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Primary | 76.7 | 78.7 | 77.8 | 78.6 | 77.2 | 76.1 | 74.7 | 76.5 |
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Secondary | 56.7 | 61.2 | 59.3 | 59.9 | 57.2 | 55.8 | 53.4 | 52.8 |
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Special | 89.2 | 87.7 | 88.8 | 87.1 | 89.6 | 87.3 | 85.6 | 94.5 |
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