§ Mr. Fordasked the Lord President of the Council how many lunches and dinners, respectively, have been served in the Members' Dining Room during each Parliamentary Session since October, 1964 to the latest convenient date; and if he will provide the same information broken down to a monthly basis for the two years commencing October, 1966.
§ Mr. MaxwellI have been asked to reply.
Until November, 1967 I am afraid that no separate monthly figures for lunches or dinners are available. The combined totals for lunches and dinners served in the Members' Dining Room for Sessions since 1964–65 are as follows:
1964–65 … … … 31,314 1965–66 … … … 27,517 1966–67 … … … 24,885 1967–68 … … … 21,878 The combined monthly totals for lunches and dinners served between October, 1966 and October, 1967 are as follows:
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October, 1966 … … 2,177 November … … 3,731 December … … 1,627 January, 1967 … … 1,697 February … … 3,573 March … … 1,809 April … … 2,691 May … … 1,546 June … … 3,454 July … … 2,580 August … … — September … … — October … … 913 The separate monthly figures for lunches and dinners served since November, 1967 are as follows:
Lunches Dinners November, 1967 … 1,208 1,438 December, 1967 … 842 994 January, 1968 … 819 919 February, 1968 … 1,238 1,595 March, 1968 … 1,258 1,414 April, 1968 … 798 1,037 May, 1968 … 1,231 1,770 June, 1968 … 743 1,325 July, 1968 … 916 1,420 August, 1968 … — — September, 1968 … — — October, 1968 … 503 1,365 November, 1968 … 969 1,262 December, 1968 … 703 971