§ Mr. J. Griffithsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education 929W whether he can state the number of schools at which no milk meals are provided in the area of each local education authority, respectively, in Wales, and
Provision of Milk in public elementary schools maintained by local education authorities in Wales. 31st March, 1939 (provisional figures). Local Education Authority. Number of Departments. Number of children on Registers. Total. Not providing Milk. Total. In departments not providing Milk. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Counties. Anglesey … 72 — 6,168 — Breconshire … 104 15 7,187 477 Caernarvonshire … 172 16 15,058 513 Cardiganshire* … 109 80 5,657 3,779 Carmarthenshire … 189 16 16,705 527 Denbighshire … 176 20 15,902 990 Flintshire … 124 2 16,367 98 Glamorgan … 349 7 52,934 310 Merionethshire* … 76 28 5.014 1,863 Monmouthshire … 270 19 36,628 716 Montgomcryshire … 96 36 5,778 1,387 Pembrokeshire … 140 16 9,171 560 Radnorshire; … 53 6 2,410 142 County Boroughs. Cardiff … 126 — 29,999 — Merthyr Tydfil … 53 — 9,222 — Newport … 47 — 13,326 — Swansea … 94 — 22,925 — Boroughs. Carmarthen … 10 — 1.327 — Llanelly … 25 — 5.220 — Neath … 23 — 4.623 — Pembroke … 12 — 1,507 — Port Talbot … 25 — 6,080 — Wrexham … 15 — 3.452 — Urban Districts. Aberdare … 45 — 5.849 — Abertillery … 26 — 4.623 — Barry … 23 — 5.624 — Ebbw Vale … 23 — 4.516 — Mountain Ash … 36 — 5.752 — Pontypridd … 36 — 6,324 — Rhondda … 93 — 19,231 — Total … 2,642 261 344,669 11,362 Note.—With the exception of the areas marked * free milk is provided by the local education authority to selected undernourished necessitous public elementary school children.