FOI Request - Primary and Secondary Meal Take Up
Request 101003647515
Updated Request 1-10-2024
1. Can I have the percentage update for universal free school meals in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
2. Can I have the percentage uptake for free school meals in those years too – in primary and secondary.
3. Can I have the figures also as a percentage of the total school roll and the pupils present.
Response 23-10-2024
1.
| Primary | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
| UFSM % TAKE-UP OF School Roll | 61.8% | 69.2% | 71.3% |
| UFSM % TAKE-UP OF those present | Not held* | 74.4% | 76.3% |
* Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
Note: Primary 6 and 7 are not eligible for free school meals.
2.
| Primary | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
| Free school meals take up of school | 56.7% | 59.8% | 56.7% |
| Free school meals of those present | Not held* | Not held* | Not held* |
| Percentage uptake of SECONDARY free school meals | 27.5% | 33.6% | 35.7% |
3.
| 2021/2022 | 2022/2023 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | |
| Primary pupils financially eligible for FSM | 908 | 854 | 899 | 831 |
| Secondary pupils financially eligible for FSM | 573 | 585 | 582 | 613 |
| Total pupils financially eligible for FSM | 1481 | 1439 | 1481 | 1444 |
| Primary children eligible for FSM under universal scheme | 3314 | 5633 | 5507 | 4106 |
Note: all of the above answers are in financial years.