Statistics Publication Notice: Education Series: School Meals in Scotland 2006

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Table 24: Local authority expenditure on school meals, 2003-04 and 2004-05

Calculation of expenditure per meal using these figures does not represent the average cost for the food components of school meals. Please read the footnote below before using information in this table.

2003-04

2004-05

number of meals (000s)

spend

number of meals (000s)

spend

free

paid

total

(£000)

free

paid

total

(£000)

Aberdeen City

441

1,785

2,226

1,194

376

1,721

2,098

1,129

Aberdeenshire

340

2,416

2,757

2,233

320

2,634

2,953

2,727

Angus

248

862

1,110

1,974

234

857

1,091

2,036

Argyll & Bute

242

1,223

1,465

2,316

227

1,119

1,346

2,418

Clackmannanshire

203

341

545

918

203

360

563

905

Dumfries & Galloway

331

609

941

1,809

316

551

867

2,221

Dundee City

560

767

1,327

2,454

514

746

1,260

2,420

East Ayrshire

590

871

1,461

2,788

556

638

1,194

2,777

East Dunbartonshire

270

1,150

1,419

2,372

237

1,077

1,314

2,310

East Lothian

201

637

838

1,368

181

545

726

1,543

East Renfrewshire

273

1,147

1,420

2,071

211

1,042

1,253

2,033

Edinburgh, City of

1,072

1,466

2,538

4,466

1,036

1,531

2,567

3,943

Eilean Siar

91

363

453

1,010

63

324

388

1,350

Falkirk

537

1,509

2,046

3,061

596

1,593

2,189

3,449

Fife

1,229

2,804

4,033

8,476

1,229

2,804

4,033

8,586

Glasgow City

4,134

4,302

8,436

9,422

3,844

3,970

7,814

10,320

Highland

527

1,981

2,509

6,528

509

2,152

2,661

6,707

Inverclyde

387

610

997

2,259

359

840

1,199

2,231

Midlothian

263

996

1,259

1,096

236

849

1,085

1,203

Moray

171

744

916

611

168

733

901

593

North Ayrshire

783

865

1,648

3,852

705

846

1,551

3,918

North Lanarkshire

1,478

2,764

4,242

8,666

1,383

2,934

4,316

9,709

Orkney Islands

239

237

476

1,147

109

341

450

1,141

Perth & Kinross

298

1,026

1,323

2,624

172

1,071

1,243

2,008

Renfrewshire

720

1,801

2,522

1,864

664

1,284

1,948

1,826

Scottish Borders

172

654

826

2,097

196

920

1,116

2,640

Shetland Islands

35

527

561

1,554

35

567

602

1,601

South Ayrshire

336

1,130

1,466

2,526

295

714

1,009

2,458

South Lanarkshire

1,088

2,818

3,906

6,159

906

2,757

3,662

5,924

Stirling

319

990

1,310

1,793

322

765

1,087

1,692

West Dunbartonshire

589

672

1,261

2,658

500

609

1,108

2,610

West Lothian

339

1,509

1,848

3,697

370

1,533

1,903

4,611

Scotland

18,506

41,577

60,083

97,063

17,071

40,426

57,496

101,039

Making inter-authority comparisons of the expenditure data is not advisable without knowing exactly what each authority has included/excluded in the figures.

The figures represent the gross expenditure ( i.e. not taking account of any income from school meals).

Figures are calculated based on audited data returned by the 32 Scottish local authorities. Blanket guidance for definitions of what should be recorded under "gross expenditure on school meals" is not provided. We expect that in some cases the figures do not include some elements of operating costs (property/admin costs etc.)

STOs (Significant Trading Operations) or PPP contracts may also be a factor. In some authorities the meals service will be managed by STOs, which means that the only cost that the education department incurs is the cost of free meals which is billed to the education department by the catering section.

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