School Meals in Scotland, 2009

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Table 11: Pupils in education authority primary schools: Percentage of pupils registered for free school meals, 2005 to 2009

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Aberdeen City

16.0

15.2

14.4

13.9

13.7

Aberdeenshire

8.0

8.1

7.3

6.8

7.0

Angus

13.0

11.9

12.0

12.6

13.2

Argyll & Bute

12.4

11.4

10.9

10.9

10.5

Clackmannanshire

22.6

23.3

21.7

20.6

20.1

Dumfries & Galloway

12.8

12.5

13.0

13.4

12.8

Dundee City

17.8

18.9

26.4

26.6

26.7

East Ayrshire (1)

21.0

21.1

19.7

18.8

19.1

East Dunbartonshire

7.6

7.9

7.6

7.0

7.2

East Lothian

11.8

11.6

10.7

10.7

11.3

East Renfrewshire

9.1

8.7

9.0

8.2

7.9

Edinburgh, City of

19.3

18.7

18.0

17.9

17.7

Eilean Siar

13.5

12.6

11.6

9.5

9.0

Falkirk

17.6

16.8

15.8

15.2

15.9

Fife (1)

19.7

18.7

18.4

17.5

18.2

Glasgow City (1)

41.6

38.8

37.3

34.5

32.3

Highland

13.8

13.7

12.9

13.1

13.5

Inverclyde

24.7

24.7

23.4

23.3

23.1

Midlothian

9.8

13.0

13.1

14.6

15.7

Moray

9.7

10.9

9.9

9.2

9.9

North Ayrshire

24.0

23.0

22.5

22.3

22.4

North Lanarkshire

21.0

20.6

19.8

18.4

18.4

Orkney Islands

20.0

8.4

9.3

8.2

7.9

Perth & Kinross

7.2

7.7

9.2

8.9

8.2

Renfrewshire

18.2

17.9

17.3

17.0

16.8

Scottish Borders (1)

8.9

9.5

9.6

8.8

9.5

Shetland Islands

7.8

8.3

9.0

7.4

6.2

South Ayrshire

15.7

15.5

15.3

14.8

15.7

South Lanarkshire

18.3

17.4

16.6

15.7

15.7

Stirling

14.0

12.1

11.3

9.8

10.6

West Dunbartonshire (1)

24.3

23.5

25.5

23.7

23.5

West Lothian

15.6

14.8

14.5

14.4

14.1

Scotland

18.6

17.9

17.6

16.9

16.7

(1) Local authorities that took part in the trial of free school meals to all pupils in P1-P3 in 2007/08.

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