HC Deb 21 December 1932 vol 273 cc1096-9W
Mr. McENTEE

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education if he will supply a list of the local education authorities which have not yet adopted the Education (Provision of Meals) Act?

Mr. RAMSBOTHAM

The list is as follows:

LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES which are taking no action, at present, under Sections 82–84 of the Education Act, 1921.

  • Aldershot.
  • Bacup.
  • Banbury (March, 1931).
  • Barnstaple.
  • Batley (May, 1932).
  • Bedford.
  • Bedfordshire.
  • Berkshire.
  • Beverley.
  • Bexhill.
  • Blackpool.
  • Boston.
  • Brentford and Chiswick.
  • Bridgwater.
  • Bridlington.
    • 1097
  • Bromley.
  • Buckinghamshire.*
  • Burton-on-Trent.
  • Bury St. Edmunds (August, 1926).
  • Buxton.
  • Caernarvonshire.
  • Cambridge (May, 1929).
  • Cambridgeshire.
  • Cannock (October, 1926).
  • Cardiganshire.
  • Carmarthenshire (January, 1927).
  • Carmarthen.
  • Chepping Wycombe.
  • Cheltenham.
  • Chester (August, 1923).
  • Chesterfield (August, 1926).
  • Clitheroe.
  • Colchester.
  • Congleton.
  • Cornwall (August, 1923).
  • Coseley.
  • Deal
  • Denbighshire (December, 1926).
  • Derbyshire (September, 1926).
  • Devonshire.
  • Dorset.
  • Dover.
  • Durham Borough.
  • Eastbourne.
  • East Retford.
  • Ely, Isle of.
  • Erith (December, 1930).
  • Exeter.
  • Falmouth.
  • Faversham.
  • Finchley.
  • Flintshire (February, 1927).
  • Folkestone (April, 1932).
  • Gloucester.
  • Gloucestershire (December, 1926).
  • Gravesend.
  • Great Yarmouth.
  • Guildford.
  • Hampshire.
  • Harrogate.
  • Hartlepool (July, 1927).
  • Haslingden.
  • Hemel Hempstead.
  • Hendon (December, 1927).
  • Hereford.
  • Herefordshire.
  • Hertfordshire.*
  • Heston and Isleworth.
  • Hindley (December, 1926).
  • Hove.
  • Huntingdonshire.
  • Ilford.
  • Ince-in-Makerfield (December, 1926)
  • Kendal.
  • Kidderminster (April, 1923).
  • Kingston-on-Thames.
  • Leicestershire (December, 1926).
  • Lewes.
  • Lincs, Holland.
  • Lincs, Kesteven.
  • Lincs, Lindsey (December, 1926).
  • Llanelly.
  • Loughborough.
  • Lowestoft.
  • Luton (June, 1922).
  • Lytham St. Annes.
  • Maidenhead.
  • Maidstone.
  • Margate.

  • Merionethshire
  • Middlesex.
  • Montgomeryshire.
  • Morecambe.
  • Morley (July, 1922).
  • Neath.
  • Newark.
  • Newbury.
  • Newport (Isle of Wight).
  • New Windsor.
  • Norfolk.
  • Northamptonshire.
  • Nottinghamshire (December, 1926).
  • Ossett (December, 1926).
  • Oxfordshire.
  • Pembrokeshire (December, 1926).
  • Pembroke (January, 1931).
  • Penge (April, 1922).
  • Penzance.
  • Peterborough.
  • Peterborough, Soke of.
  • Plymouth.
  • Pontefract (December, 1926).
  • Poole.
  • Port Talbot (January, 1927).
  • Radnorshire.
  • Ramsgate (March, 1931).
  • Reigate.
  • Richmond.
  • Royal Leamington Spa.
  • Rutland.
  • Scarborough.
  • Scilly, Isle of.
  • Shrewsbury.
  • Salop (October, 1926).
  • Somerset (December, 1926).
  • Southport (March, 1932).
  • Spenborough (September, 1926).
  • Staffordshire (October, 1926).
  • Stockton-on-Tees.
  • Stretford (July, 1922).
  • Suffolk, East.
  • Suffolk, West.
  • Surrey.
  • Sussex, East.
  • Sussex, West.
  • Taunton (September, 1924).
  • Tiverton.
  • Torquay.
  • Tunbridge Wells.
  • Twickenham.
  • Walsall (April, 1923).
  • Warrington.
  • Warwickshire (March, 1929).
  • Waterloo-with-Seaforth.
  • Wednesbury.
  • Westmorland.
  • Weymouth.
  • Whitehaven (September, 1923).
  • Wight, Isle of.
  • Wiltshire.
  • Wimbledon (September, 1925).
  • Worcestershire (August, 1920).
  • Worthing.
  • Wrexham (December, 1926).
  • Yeovil.
  • Yorkshire, East Riding.*
  • Yorkshire, North Riding (March, 1923).

* Action taken but restricted to powers under Section 82.

NOTE.—Where action has been taken by an authority during the past 10 years, the date of the cessation of such action is given against the name of the authority.