40. Mr. G. MAC DONALDasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education if he will state the quantity of milk supplied to schoolchildren by the Lancashire County Council, specifying the quantity of free milk, the number of children provided for, and the number 199 receiving free milk in 1930, 1931, 1932, and up to the latest date for which figures are available in 1933?
§ Captain AUSTIN HUDSON (Lord of the Treasury)As the reply contains a number of figures, my hon. Friend will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ Figures for the calendar years are not available. The figures for the financial years are as follow:
| Financial Year ended 31st Match. | Number of pints of milk provided. | Number of individual children who received milk |
| 1931 | 228,976 | 1,525 |
| 1932 | 211,913 | 1,876 |
| 1933 | 394,717 | 2,916 |
| Period from 1st April, 1933, to 31st October, 1933. | 305,542 | * |
| * The number of children who received milk under the local education authority's arrangements during the period from 1st April to 31st October, 1933, cannot be given, but the largest number of children receiving milk in any one month was 2,848 in April, 1933. |
§ All the milk provided by the local education authority is given free of charge. It is understood that in addition to the authority's arrangements under the Education Act, 1921, there is in operation in the area a voluntary self-supporting schemes for the supply of milk to children on payment, conducted under the auspices of the National Milk Publicity Council. No figures are available as to the number of children receiving milk under this scheme or the quantity of milk provided.