§ Mr. Keelingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will state the cost of supplying milk and meals to children attending school in Scotland.
Mr. JohnstonAccording to the estimates submitted by education authorities at the beginning of the present financial year their net expenditure for the year on the provision of meals and milk for children attending their schools will amount to about £720,000. This figure does not include the provision of premises and equipment free of cost by the Ministry of Works under the arrangements set out in Circular 4, a copy of which I am sending to my hon. Friend, nor does it include the cost of enabling 1161W the schools to obtain milk at the special rate of ½d. per third of a pint under the milk in schools scheme.