28. Mr. McNeilasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of the school children in the counties of Fife, Clackmannan, Stirling, Renfrew and Lanark, and in the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen, are now being supplied with a hot midday meal; and the percentages of children in the same areas being supplied with milk?
| Area. | Percentage of children receiving hot meals. | Percentage receiving milk. | ||||
| (a) Soup alone. | (b) Two course meals. | (c) Total. | ||||
| Fife | … | … | 2.2 | 14.8 | 17.0 | 64.7 |
| Clackmannan | … | … | — | 31.2 | 31.2 | 70.7 |
| Stirlingshire | … | … | — | 28.5 | 28.5 | 64.2 |
| Renfrewshire | … | … | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 73.5 |
| Lanarkshire | … | … | 0.4 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 69.7 |
| Glasgow | … | … | 0.2 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 82.4 |
| Edinburgh | … | … | 0.3 | 18.5 | 18.8 | 80.2 |
| Dundee | … | … | — | 15.0 | 15.0 | 64.5 |
| Aberdeen | … | … | — | 12.4 | 12.4 | 68.5 |
| The figures are based on a census taken in the second half of October, 1942, | ||||||
| In Renfrewshire the school meals scheme has only recently been developed, and when the next census is taken (probably in February, 1943) a substantially higher percentage of children participating is expected. |