§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing the average price of a school meal in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools for each year since 1979 to 1988 in 1988 prices in England.
Net expenditure on school meals—England2 Year on Year change Cash Real Terms1 Cash Real Terms1 £ million £ million per cent. £ million per cent. 1979–80 422 706 — — — — 1980–81 397 560 -25 -5.9 -146 -20.7 1981–82 397 509 — — -51 -9.1 1982–83 411 492 14 3.5 -17 -3.3 1983–84 427 488 16 3.9 -4 -0.8 1984–85 432 473 5 1.2 -15 -3.1 1985–86 435 450 3 0.7 -23 -4.9 1986–87 459 459 24 5.5 +9 +2.0 1 The figures for the earlier years have been converted to 1986–87 real terms using the Gross Domestic Product (Market Prices) Deflator. 2 The expenditure is net of income from such sources as parents and EC subsidies on milk products.