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Publication - FOI/EIR release

School Healthy Living Survey: School Meal Uptake Statistics 2024 data: FOI release

Published
15 October 2024
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector
FOI reference
FOI/202400432151
Date received
17 September 2024
Date responded
30 September 2024

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Information requested

1. A list of all organisations involved in the compiling of the ‘School Healthy Living Survey: School Meal Uptake Statistics 2024’ release from 17 September 2024. Please note what role that organisation played, what kind of organisation they are, and where they are based.

2. A list of all external contractors engaged with by the Scottish Government since January 2020 for the purposes of data analysis and presentation, with total amounts paid to each contractor.

3. A list of all contracts awarded and/or paid since January 2020 by the Scottish Government to external organisations for the purposes of data analysis and presentation.

4. An explanation as to why the ‘default styles’ in the excel document for the ‘School Healthy Living Survey: School Meal Uptake Statistics 2024’ release included ones set in Chinese characters with a Chinese font.

Response

1. A list of all organisations involved in the compiling of the ‘School Healthy Living Survey: School Meal Uptake Statistics 2024’ publication is provided here.

Organisation

Role

Type of organisation

Location

Scottish Government

Compiled and quality assured the data. Wrote and published the report.

Devolved government

Scotland

Aberdeen City

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Aberdeenshire

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Angus

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Argyll and Bute

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

City of Edinburgh

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Clackmannanshire

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Dumfries and Galloway

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Dundee City

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

East Ayrshire

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

East Dunbartonshire

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

East Lothian

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

East Renfrewshire

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Falkirk

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Fife

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Glasgow City

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Highland

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Inverclyde

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Midlothian

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Moray

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Na h-Eileanan Siar

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

North Ayrshire

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

North Lanarkshire

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Orkney Islands

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Perth and Kinross

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Renfrewshire

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Scottish Borders

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Shetland Islands

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

South Ayrshire

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

South Lanarkshire

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Stirling

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

West Dunbartonshire

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

West Lothian

Collected data

Local government

Scotland

Donaldson's

Collected data

Grant-aided Special School

Scotland

Royal Blind School

Collected data

Grant-aided Special School

Scotland

Harmeny Education Trust

Collected data

Grant-aided Special School

Scotland

Craighalbert

Collected data

Grant-aided Special School

Scotland

East Park

Collected data

Grant-aided Special School

 Scotland

Stanmore House

Collected data

Grant-aided Special School

Scotland

Corseford School

Collected data

Grant-aided Special School

Scotland

2. No external contractors were engaged in the data analysis and presentation of the School Healthy Living Survey statistics since January 2020. More information on procurement by the Scottish Government can be found here: Procurement: Scottish Government frameworks and contracts - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

3. No external organisations were engaged in the data analysis and presentation of the School Healthy Living Survey statistics since January 2020. More information on procurement by the Scottish Government can be found here: Procurement: Scottish Government frameworks and contracts - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

4. The cell styles with non-Latin alphabet characters have come from copying of worksheets between workbooks. These cell styles are redundant and not used in the presentation of the 2024 statistics.

About FOI

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Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot

Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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