HC Deb 14 November 1938 vol 341 c503
75. Mr. G. Macdonald

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the number of children attending secondary schools in receipt of free milk, giving separate figures for the administrative county of Lancashire?

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education (Mr. Kenneth Lindsay)

The returns received from the schools show that on 31st March, 1938, the latest date for which figures are available, 5,031 children in grant-earning secondary schools in England and Wales received free milk, of whom 29 were attending secondary schools in the administrative county of Lancashire. No information is available as to the number

Grant aided Secondary Schools in the Administrative County of Lanarkshire, (i.e. excluding County Boroughs).
— Number of Pupils Number of Pupils who paid. Total Number of Fee-paying Pupils.
Full Fees. Partial Fees.
1st October, 1933 … … … 16,815 8,932 355 9,287
1st October, 1934 … … … 17,341 9,344 369 9,713
1st October, 1935 … … … 17,703 9,542 496 10,038
1st October, 1936 … … … 17,728 9,464 572 10,036
1st October, 1937 … … … 17,836 9,427 733 10,160
Figures for 1st October, 1938, are not yet available.