School Meals in Scotland, 2009

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Table 10: Pupils in education authority primary schools: Number and percentage of pupils taking school meals (free or paid for), 2009

Pupils on the school roll

Pupils present on census day

Pupils present taking meals

Percentage of pupils who took meals

Percentage of those present who took meals

Aberdeen City

12,056

11,453

5,766

47.8

50.3

Aberdeenshire

19,115

18,674

10,625

55.6

56.9

Angus

8,725

8,381

4,453

51.0

53.1

Argyll & Bute

6,175

5,938

3,195

51.7

53.8

Clackmannanshire

3,859

3,710

1,612

41.8

43.5

Dumfries & Galloway

10,503

10,057

4,886

46.5

48.6

Dundee City

9,630

9,160

4,028

41.8

44.0

East Ayrshire

8,978

8,587

3,497

39.0

40.7

East Dunbartonshire

8,370

8,080

3,084

36.8

38.2

East Lothian

7,363

7,126

2,629

35.7

36.9

East Renfrewshire

8,300

8,053

3,060

36.9

38.0

Edinburgh, City of

24,531

23,550

9,161

37.3

38.9

Eilean Siar

1,913

1,842

1,059

55.4

57.5

Falkirk

11,540

11,006

6,827

59.2

62.0

Fife

26,545

25,351

12,249

46.1

48.3

Glasgow City

36,818

34,694

20,408

55.4

58.8

Highland

16,720

15,985

8,879

53.1

55.5

Inverclyde

5,652

5,418

2,678

47.4

49.4

Midlothian

6,320

6,100

3,710

58.7

60.8

Moray

6,828

6,520

3,195

46.8

49.0

North Ayrshire

10,292

9,864

4,465

43.4

45.3

North Lanarkshire

26,606

25,514

12,376

46.5

48.5

Orkney Islands

1,425

1,366

1,042

73.1

76.3

Perth & Kinross

9,919

9,574

4,472

45.1

46.7

Renfrewshire

12,749

12,258

3,961

31.1

32.3

Scottish Borders

8,307

7,994

3,123

37.6

39.1

Shetland Islands

1,848

1,744

1,463

79.2

83.9

South Ayrshire

7,801

7,481

3,702

47.5

49.5

South Lanarkshire

23,671

22,766

12,109

51.2

53.2

Stirling

6,651

6,651

2,103

31.6

31.6

West Dunbartonshire

6,785

6,512

3,262

48.1

50.1

West Lothian

14,489

13,954

6,636

45.8

47.6

Grant Aided

462

449

117

25.3

26.1

Scotland

370,946

355,812

173,832

46.9

48.9

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