HC Deb 02 March 1938 vol 332 cc1128-9W
Mr. Jenkins

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education (1) which of the local education authorities in Wales and Monmouthshire are providing feeding, other than cooked meals, for pupils in elementary, secondary, technical, and other schools; the terms upon which the food is supplied; and the income test, if any, now in operation;

(2) which of the local education authorities in Wales and Monmouthshire are at present supplying cooked meals to pupils in elementary, secondary, technical, and other schools; the terms upon which the meals are supplied; and the income test, if any, now in operation?

Mr. Lindsay

The following table shows in which areas the local education authorities make some provision for free milk, free solid meals and solid meals on payment in public elementary schools, and for solid meals, free or on payment, in secondary schools. In a number of areas school dinners in secondary schools are provided by the local governing bodies, but these are not shown in the table. No information is available as to the provision by local education authorities of free milk in secondary schools. In addition to the provision of free meals in secondary schools maintenance allowances are sometimes given which are intended to meet the whole or part of the cost of school dinners. Provision for the supply of milk on payment is made in all areas though not in all the schools. The income scales in force for the provision of free milk or solid meals cannot be conveniently set out in a tabular form. So far as the Board are aware provision for milk and for solid meals, free or on payment, is made in all special and nursery schools. The Board have no information as to the provision in technical schools.

Public Elementary Schools. Secondary Schools.
Local Education Authority. Provision of Free Milk. Provision of Dinners. Provision of Dinners.
Free. For Payment. Free. For Payment.
Anglesey Yes
Breconshire Yes Yes Yes
Caernarvonshire Yes * Yes
Cardiganshire Yes Yes Yes
Carmarthenshire Yes Yes
Denbighshire Yes Yes Yes
Flintshire
Glamorgan Yes Yes Yes
Merionethshire Yes
Monmouthshire Yes Yes * *
Montgomeryshire
Pembrokeshire Yes
Radnorshire * Yes Yes
Cardiff Yes Yes Yes Yes
Merthyr Tydfil Yes Yes Yes Yes
Newport (Mon.) Yes Yes Yes
Swansea Yes Yes Yes Yes
Carmarthen *
Llanelly Yes
Neath Yes
Pembroke Yes
Port Talbot Yes
Wrexham Yes Yes
Aberdare Yes
Abertillery Yes Yes†
Barry Yes Yes
Ebbw Vale Yes Yes‡
Mountain Ash Yes Yes
Pontypridd Yes§
Rhondda Yes Yes
* Provision approved, but not yet in operation.
† Breakfasts, dinners and teas.
‡ Breakfasts and dinners.
§ Fruit or biscuits are provided with the milk.