School Meals in Scotland, 2008

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Table 3: Pupils taking school meals (free or purchased) by sector, 1999 to 2008

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Pupils on roll

Total

747,968

744,577

739,511

733,520

730,372

723,355

714,499

703,258

694,060

680,335

Primary

436,149

430,522

424,525

421,158

414,691

406,919

398,697

390,725

384,292

375,745

Secondary

304,406

306,159

307,024

304,451

308,086

308,770

308,326

305,148

302,638

297,552

Special

7,413

7,896

7,962

7,911

7,595

7,666

7,476

7,385

7,130

7,038

Pupils present on census day

Total

670,812

688,235

665,012

669,809

659,418

668,144

655,805

646,097

639,948

628,047

Primary

403,615

408,799

392,982

396,810

385,004

387,090

377,461

370,600

365,710

357,153

Secondary

260,678

272,535

265,160

266,027

267,822

274,299

271,756

268,987

267,710

264,570

Special

6,519

6,901

6,870

6,972

6,592

6,755

6,588

6,510

6,528

6,324

Pupils present and taking meals

Total

311,305

326,451

324,309

336,557

333,989

329,179

306,034

297,791

294,921

295,667

Primary

189,171

192,283

189,462

196,826

191,142

189,310

175,729

175,478

169,231

177,030

Secondary

116,615

128,055

128,730

133,721

137,028

133,933

124,622

116,815

120,192

113,379

Special

5,519

6,113

6,117

6,010

5,819

5,936

5,683

5,498

5,498

5,258

Percentage of pupils on roll taking meals

Total

41.6

43.8

43.9

45.9

45.7

45.5

42.8

42.3

42.5

43.5

Primary

43.4

44.7

44.6

46.7

46.1

46.5

44.1

44.9

44.0

47.1

Secondary

38.3

41.8

41.9

43.9

44.5

43.4

40.4

38.3

39.7

38.1

Special

74.5

77.4

76.8

76.0

76.6

77.4

76.0

74.4

77.1

74.7

Percentage of those present taking meals

Total

46.4

47.4

48.8

50.2

50.6

49.3

46.7

46.1

46.1

47.1

Primary

46.9

47.0

48.2

49.6

49.6

48.9

46.6

47.3

46.3

49.6

Secondary

44.7

47.0

48.5

50.3

51.2

48.8

45.9

43.4

44.9

42.9

Special

84.7

88.6

89.0

86.2

88.3

87.9

86.3

84.5

84.2

83.1

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