HC Deb 02 May 1986 vol 96 c499W
Mr. Pendry

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the 30 local authorities in England which are restricting the provision of free school meals to those pupils whose parents are in receipt of supplementary benefit or family income supplement.

Mr. Dunn

The LEAs which, at October 1985, restricted the provision of free school meals to children of families claiming supplementary benefit or family income supplement are as follows:

  • Bromley
  • Enfield
  • Hounslow
  • Kingston upon Thames
  • Merton
  • Redbridge Sutton
  • Solihull
  • Trafford
  • Wakefield
  • Isles of Scilly
  • Bedfordshire
  • Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Cheshire*
  • Cornwall
  • Dorset
  • Essex
  • Gloucestershire
  • Kent
  • Lincolnshire
  • Norfolk
  • Northumberland
  • Shropshire
  • Staffordshire
  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • Warwickshire
  • West Sussex†
  • Wiltshire

* Discretion exercised for primary pupils only.

† Discretion exercised for special school pupils on 1979 Income Scales only.