§ Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Education if she will give the number of children in receipt of cheap and free dinners and cheap and free milk at school in each of the six years following the First and Second World Wars, and the cost of the same in each. year.
§ Miss HorsbrughThe figures are as follows. I regret that the information is not available entirely in the form in which it is asked for.
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Year Free and Paid Meals (including milk meals) Cost (1) (2) (3) (Yearly figure) (per annum) £ 1919–1920 … … … … … 6,335,821 153,866 1920–1921 … … … … … 10,447,596 251,751 1921–1922 … … … … … 60,676,017 945,627 1922–1923 … … … … … 17,171,298 254,287 1923–1924 … … … … … 10,975,220 151,713 1924–1925 … … … … … 10,236,718 136,470
Year Free Meals Paid Meals (including part payment) Cost Free Milk Paid Milk Cost (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (Daily figure) (per annum) (Daily figure) (per annum) £ £ 1945–1946 … 259,209 1,529,426 7,751,079 315,875 2,946,583 4,236,635 1946–1947 … 338,450 1,867,720 10,644,717 4,368,849 5,202,289 1947–1948 … 315,811 2,176,176 16,400,000 4,335,578 6,533,890 1948–1949 … 312,945 2,383,327 19,400,000 4,553,279 7,241,498 1949–1950 … 306,929 2,494,742 22,000,000 4,608,300 6,997,859 1950–1951 … 291,632 2,404,596 21,300,000 4,581,234 8,000,000 (estimated) (estimated) Note.—The figures of cost relating to meals do not include loan charges or capital expenditure for buildings.