§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East on 12 November 1980, Official Report, column 231, if he is yet able to update the information contained in his reply of 15 May relating to the numbers of staff employed in school kitchens.
§ Dr. BoysonThe number of kitchen and canteen staff employed in maintained schools in England and taking a free meal in October 1980 was 142,439. Information about the number on the local authority payroll is not available within the Department.