HC Deb 14 March 1944 vol 398 cc49-50W
Mrs. Adamson

asked the President of the Board of Education the number of schools, including public elementary arid aided and maintained secondary and junior technical schools, in England and Wales where pupils are regularly supplied with liquid milk; the number of pupils participating in these arrangements; and the number of schools where no such provision is made.

Mr. Butler

Particulars of the number of schools supplied with liquid milk and of those not supplied are not available. On a single day in October, 1943, when the last return was completed, 3,100,271 pupils out of 4,058,224 present in public elementary schools and 323,618 out of 526,855 present in aided and maintained secondary schools received milk. Figures are not available for junior technical schools.