School Meals (Hansard, 27 April 1950)

HC Deb 27 April 1950 vol 474 c132W 132W

§ 133. Mr. Leather
asked the Minister of Education what decrease there has been in the number of school meals taken since the recent increase in charges in the County of Somerset; and in the country as a whole.

§ Mr. Tomlinson
In the return made for a single day in October and in February, the percentages of children present who took school dinner compare as follows:
Somerset
October, 71.1 per cent.
February, 69.1 per cent.
England and Wales
October, 53.2 per cent.
February, 50.8 per cent.