Scottish local government finance - Green Book: 2023-2024

Scottish Local Government Finance Settlement 2023-24: Funding Allocation Formula.


School Meals

Quantum (£000s): 205,059

Category: GAE

Note 1: includes £53.918m P1-P3 Universal Meals redetermination, £42.2m P4-P5 and Special Universal redetermination, £21.75m holiday meals, and an additional £17.5m. £5m historical element of ELC meals merged into ELC GAE

Note 2: Pupil Numbers: Scottish Government Pupil Census 2022 and Pre-School Education Census 2022

Note 3: Estimates based on Children in Low Income Familes: DWP 2020-21

Note 4: Secondary school meals taken data: LFR data collected by Scottish Government.

Note 5: Percentage weights calculated using LFR data on expenditure in each sector, by free or paid for, and Healthy Living Survey take-up rates.

School Meals
indicators P1-P5 primary Effect 1 (£000s) P6-P7 in low income families Effect 2 (£000s) Other P6-P7 Effect 3 (£000s) Pupils eligible for free holiday meals Effect 4 (£000s) Secondary school, free meals taken Effect 5 (£000s) Secondary school, paid for meals taken Effect 6 (£000s) Special School (P1-P5 equivalent) Effect 7 (£000s) Special School, other in low income families Effect 8 (£000s) Special School, other Effect 9 (£000s) Share GAE (£000s)
Aberdeen City 10,388 4,528 500 290 3,685 244 4,197 835 67,319 289 614,183 927 51 23 11 19 78 3 3% 7,158
Aberdeenshire 14,680 6,399 560 324 5,625 372 4,226 841 95,013 408 977,774 1,476 83 38 14 24 132 4 5% 9,886
Angus 5,928 2,584 333 193 2,160 143 2,393 476 60,827 261 464,000 700 0 0 0 0 0 0 2% 4,358
Argyll & Bute 3,719 1,621 209 121 1,456 96 1,296 258 32,459 139 308,340 465 18 8 2 4 16 1 1% 2,714
City of Edinburgh 21,576 9,405 918 531 7,882 521 7,439 1,481 234,010 1,006 506,847 765 173 79 55 96 449 15 7% 13,898
Clackmannanshire 2,676 1,166 216 125 945 63 1,284 256 46,240 199 221,275 334 22 10 11 19 51 2 1% 2,173
Dumfries & Galloway 6,959 3,033 505 293 2,543 168 3,560 709 103,691 446 311,720 470 0 0 3 6 16 1 2% 5,125
Dundee City 7,015 3,058 497 288 2,602 172 5,554 1,106 246,975 1,061 343,760 519 55 25 38 66 191 6 3% 6,300
East Ayrshire 6,207 2,706 461 267 2,194 145 3,330 663 114,090 490 434,107 655 194 88 48 85 206 7 2% 5,105
East Dunbartonshire 6,384 2,783 210 121 2,517 166 1,135 226 63,242 272 285,487 431 63 29 10 18 114 4 2% 4,049
East Lothian 5,976 2,605 283 164 2,239 148 1,888 376 47,795 205 337,186 509 0 0 0 0 0 0 2% 4,007
East Renfrewshire 6,440 2,807 247 143 2,709 179 1,332 265 56,041 241 458,510 692 50 23 9 16 94 3 2% 4,370
Falkirk 8,157 3,556 481 279 3,157 209 4,165 829 148,772 639 488,198 737 5 2 30 53 166 5 3% 6,309
Fife 19,048 8,303 1,280 741 7,041 466 10,399 2,070 233,933 1,005 893,570 1,349 45 20 19 33 95 3 7% 13,990
Glasgow City 28,818 12,561 2,809 1,626 8,950 592 29,565 5,885 883,892 3,798 482,725 729 471 214 255 446 830 27 13% 25,878
Highland 11,519 5,021 694 402 4,359 288 4,868 969 152,482 655 819,074 1,236 57 26 17 30 98 3 4% 8,630
Inverclyde 3,516 1,533 180 104 1,406 93 2,762 550 117,054 503 448,394 677 75 34 19 32 116 4 2% 3,530
Midlothian 5,846 2,548 309 179 1,992 132 1,910 380 67,643 291 209,399 316 47 21 7 13 48 2 2% 3,881
Moray 4,760 2,075 312 181 1,752 116 1,445 288 41,762 179 259,711 392 0 0 0 0 0 0 2% 3,231
Na h-Eileanan Siar 1,219 531 59 34 477 32 220 44 17,370 75 168,144 254 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 969
North Ayrshire 6,562 2,860 547 316 2,365 156 4,217 839 152,407 655 382,186 577 56 25 28 49 110 4 3% 5,482
North Lanarkshire 18,348 7,998 1,260 730 6,466 428 9,487 1,888 363,736 1,563 913,955 1,379 356 162 137 240 628 20 7% 14,408
Orkney Islands 1,061 462 58 34 387 26 242 48 8,919 38 99,362 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 758
Perth & Kinross 7,180 3,130 367 212 2,608 172 1,819 362 56,227 242 554,785 837 15 7 6 11 43 1 2% 4,975
Renfrewshire 9,169 3,997 549 318 3,392 224 3,757 748 77,254 332 194,407 293 118 54 38 66 228 7 3% 6,039
Scottish Borders 5,379 2,345 329 190 2,052 136 2,018 402 70,787 304 628,194 948 0 0 0 0 0 0 2% 4,325
Shetland Islands 1,239 540 72 42 487 32 276 55 7,968 34 110,648 167 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 870
South Ayrshire 5,323 2,320 323 187 1,973 131 2,484 494 75,944 326 324,394 490 44 20 12 21 64 2 2% 3,991
South Lanarkshire 17,671 7,702 1,012 586 6,325 418 8,802 1,752 207,808 893 1,234,133 1,863 148 67 49 86 289 9 7% 13,377
Stirling 4,526 1,973 229 133 1,723 114 1,577 314 63,887 275 481,871 727 20 9 0 1 4 0 2% 3,545
West Dunbartonshire 4,515 1,968 328 190 1,734 115 2,656 529 119,302 513 161,317 243 63 29 32 56 146 5 2% 3,647
West Lothian 10,776 4,697 597 346 3,951 261 4,422 880 191,577 823 621,136 937 113 51 44 77 249 8 4% 8,081
Total 272,580 118,813 16,736 9,688 99,152 6,557 134,727 26,818 4,226,426 18,161 14,738,792 22,244 2,342 1,066 897 1,567 4,458 145 100% 205,059
weights 57.9% 4.7% 3.2% 13.1% 8.9% 10.8% 0.5% 0.8% 0.1%

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