Table 1: Pupils entitled to free school meals by sector, 1999 to 2007
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
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Pupils on school roll | Total | 747,968 | 744,577 | 739,511 | 733,520 | 730,372 | 723,355 | 714,499 | 703,258 | 694,060 |
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Primary | 436,149 | 430,522 | 424,525 | 421,158 | 414,691 | 406,919 | 398,697 | 390,725 | 384,292 |
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Secondary | 304,406 | 306,159 | 307,024 | 304,451 | 308,086 | 308,770 | 308,326 | 305,148 | 302,638 |
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Special | 7,413 | 7,896 | 7,962 | 7,911 | 7,595 | 7,666 | 7,476 | 7,385 | 7,130 |
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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 | 118,357 |
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Primary | 96,840 | 93,406 | 88,286 | 85,331 | 83,597 | 83,580 | 79,365 | 74,279 | 71,439 |
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Secondary | 53,264 | 52,788 | 51,194 | 48,455 | 49,389 | 49,530 | 47,962 | 44,400 | 43,089 |
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Special | 4,354 | 4,744 | 4,804 | 4,696 | 4,410 | 4,634 | 5,024 | 4,312 | 3,829 |
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Pupils registered for free meals (1) | Total | | | | | | 126,681 | 123,055 | 115,437 | 111,321 |
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Primary | | | | | | 77,108 | 74,078 | 70,113 | 67,523 |
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Secondary | | | | | | 45,018 | 44,010 | 41,151 | 39,857 |
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Special | | | | | | 4,555 | 4,967 | 4,173 | 3,941 |
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Percentage of pupils entitled to free meals | Total | 20.7 | 20.3 | 19.5 | 18.9 | 18.8 | 19.0 | 18.5 | 17.5 | 17.1 |
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Primary | 22.2 | 21.7 | 20.8 | 20.3 | 20.2 | 20.5 | 19.9 | 19.0 | 18.6 |
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Secondary | 17.5 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 15.9 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.6 | 14.2 |
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Special | 58.7 | 60.1 | 60.3 | 59.4 | 58.1 | 60.4 | 67.2 | 58.4 | 53.7 |
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Percentage of pupils registered for free meals | Total | | | | | | 17.7 | 17.2 | 16.4 | 16.0 |
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Primary | | | | | | 19.1 | 18.6 | 17.9 | 17.6 |
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Secondary | | | | | | 14.8 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 13.2 |
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Special | | | | | | 59.4 | 66.4 | 56.5 | 55.3 |
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(1) Not collected before 2004