FOI Request - Free School Meals

Request 101002820219

Question 1) How many pupils are eligible for free meals as a result of low-income?
Question 2) Does your local authority provide meals to pupil’s from low income families at a) weekends, b) summer holidays, c) Christmas holidays, d) Easter holidays and e) in-service days and other holidays
Question 3) What was the annual budget for food provision to pupils outside of the normal school week in in a) 2016/17, b) 2017/18, c) 2018/19, d) 2019/20 and e) 2020/21

Response 24-06-2021

Question 1) 1,535 as at September 2020 annual census

Question 2)
a) No
b) No, however we did issue supermarket vouchers in 2020 and will make direct payments in 2021, both to the equivalent of free school meal values, funded by Scottish Government
c) No, however we did make direct payments in 2020 to the equivalent of free school meal values, funded by Scottish Government
d) No, however we did issue supermarket vouchers in 2020 and made direct payments in 2021, both to the equivalent of free school meal values, funded by Scottish Government
e) No

Question 3)

a) N/A
b) N/A
c)  N/A
d) N/A
e) N/A