§ Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Education the number of children in receipt of school meals in the county borough of West Ham at a given date in June, for each of the years from 1945–1953.
§ Miss HorsbrughThe figures are as follow:
June. Number taking dinners. 1945 … … … 8,688 1946 … … … 9,914 1947 … … … 10,651 1948 … … … 11,772 1949 … … … 11,369 1950 … … … 9,922 1951 (May) … … … 10,452 1952 … … … 9,499 1953 … … … 8,346
§ Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Education if she will publish in HANSARD a table of figures showing the numbers of children in receipt of school meals at a given date in June, for each of the years 1945–1953, for Holborn and St. Pancras; 155W and similar details for the Parliamentary division of Holborn and St. Pancras, South.
§ Miss HorsbrughThe information required is not available. The Metropolitan boroughs in the County of London are not asked to send me separate returns of the number of children taking school dinners.