§ 100 and 101. Mr. G. Thomasasked the Minister of Education (1) the number of children who received school meals on the nearest convenient date; and the comparable number for 1951 and 1952;
(2) the number of children in receipt of free school meals on the nearest convenient date; and the comparable number for 1951 and 1952.
§ Miss HorsbrughThe number of children in maintained and assisted schools in England and Wales having school meals on a day in October, 1953, compared with October, 1952, and October, 1951, is as follows:
— Dinners on payment Free dinners Total 1951 2,494,522 279,005 2,773,527 1952 2,705,745 250,072 2,955,817 1953 2,431,215 248,508 2,679,723