HC Deb 04 May 1955 vol 540 c138W
Mr. Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the percentage of schoolchildren taking school meals in each of the last six years.

Mr. J. Stuart

In all schools in Scotland the percentage of those pupils present on the day of the annual return in October who took school meals was as follows:

1949 40.3
1950 37.6
1951 37.1
1952 37.7
1953 38.2
1954 33.1