§ 89. Mr. Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving the number of schoolchildren who were, on the first Thursday in each month or some such convenient day, in receipt of school meals and school milk in the Parliamentary constituency of Kelvingrove, for each of the months from October, 1951, and the amounts charged for these services on the dates quoted.
§ Mr. MaclayThe information required by the hon. Member is not on record in my Department, but Glasgow Education Authority has supplied such information as it has, which is as follows:
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NUMBER OF CHILDREN TAKING SCHOOL MEALS IN THE PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY OF KELVINGROVE, AND THE CHARGE FOR THE MEAL On a day in: Number of children Full charge per meal* October 1951 … … 4,082 7d. December 1951 … … 4,015 January 1952 … … 3,893 March 1952 … … 3,760 May 1952 … … 3,970 August 1952 … … 4,037 November 1952 … … 4,276 January 1953 … … 4,045 March 1953 … … 3,726 9d. May 1953 … … 3,328 September 1953 … … 3,601 November 1953 … … 3,591 January 1954 … … 3,350 March 1954 … … 3,330 June 1954 … … 3,285 December 1954 … … 3,373 January 1955 … … 3,137 March 1955 … … 3,366 May 1955 … … 3,402 October 1955 … … 3,599 December 1955 … … 3,551 February 1956 … … 3,619 May 1956 … … 3,588 August 1956 … … 3,555 October 1956 … … 3,662 10d. February 1957 … … 3,433 April 1957 … … 3,118 1s. 0d. June 1957 … … 2,971 September 1957 … … 3,038 November 1957 … … 2,830 * The charge is reduced where more than one child in a family takes the meal and is remitted in whole or in part in cases of financial hardship.
NUMBER OF CHILDREN TAKING SCHOOL MILK (WHICH IS SUPPLIED FREE) IN THE PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY OF KELVIN-GROVE On a day in— 1954 October … … … 7,781 November … … … 6,687 December … … … 7,594 1955 January … … … 7,309 February … … … 7,428 March … … … 7,486 April … … … 7,564 May … … … 7,526 June … … … 7,478 July … … … 685 August … … … 690 September … … … 7,723 October … … … 7,527 November … … … 7,519 December … … … 7,410 1956 January … … … 7,248 February … … … 7,497 March … … … 7,482 April … … … 7,474 May … … … 7,524 June … … … 7,497 July … … … 470 August … … … 480 September … … … 7,292 October … … … 7,249 November … … … 7,050 December … … … 6,893 1957 January … … … 6,926 February … … … 6,941 March … … … 6,821 April … … … 6,928 May … … … 6,936 June … … … 6,907 July … … … 522 August … … … 550 September … … … 6,378 October … … … 5,425 November … … … 6,571 December … … … 6,626