HC Deb 09 December 1981 vol 14 cc423-4W
Mr. Race

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the price charged to consumers for school meals in each local education authority in the autumn of 1981.

Mr. William Shelton

Informal evidence currently available in the Department indicates that authorities in England are making the following charges for fixed price.meals

pence
Avon 50
Barking 50
Barnet 45
Barnsley 40
Bedfordshire 60
Berkshire 50
Bexley 55
Birmingham 45
Bolton 42
Bradford 45
Brent 35
Bromley 50
Buckinghamshire 60
Bury 45
Calderdale 40
Cambridgeshire 50
Cheshire 50
Cleveland 45
Cornwall 50
Coventry 45
Croydon 50
Cumbria 40
Derbyshire 45
Devon 45
Doncaster 40
pence
Dorset *
Dudley 40
Durham 36
Ealing 50
East Sussex 48
Enfield 55
Essex 50
Gateshead 45
Gloucestershire 50
Hampshire 50
Haringey 45
Harrow 50
Havering 50
Hereford and
Worcester 45
Hertfordshire 60
Hillingdon 45
Hounslow 40
Humberside 50
ILEA 35
Isle of Wight 45
Kent 50
Kingston on
Thames 45
Kirklees 35
Knowsley 40
Lancashire 40
Leeds 47
Leicestershire 50
Lincolnshire *
Liverpool 45
Manchester 40
Merton 53
Newcastle 40
Newham 42
Norfolk 53
Northamptonshire 55
North Tyneside 35
Northumberland 45
North Yorkshire 50
Nottinghamshire 50
Oldham 40
Oxfordshire 50
Redbridge 45
Richmond 50
Rochdale 40
Rotherham 40
St. Helens 40
Salford 40
Shropshire 45
Sandwell 40
Sefton 50
Sheffield 40
Solihull 50
Somerset 50
South Tyneside 40
Staffordshire 40
Stockport 50
Suffolk 55
Sunderland 35
Surrey 50
Sutton 45
Tameside 35
Trafford 45
Wakefield 45
Walsall 35
Waltham Forest 40
Warwickshire 52
West Sussex 50
Wigan 40
Wiltshire 50
Wirral 55
Wolverhampton 35
* Dorset and Lincolnshire do not provide fixed-price school meals.