§ 87. Mr. Chetwyndasked the Minister of Education what was the number and percentage of children taking school meals at the latest recorded date; and how this compares with the position a year earlier.
§ Mr. Geoffrey LloydLast autumn the school dinner was being taken by 2,847,493 children, representing 45.9 per cent. of those present. The corresponding figures for 1956 were 3,058,702 and 47.9 per cent.
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§ 92. Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Education if he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures, giving the number of schoolchildren in Rochdale who were in receipt of school milk and school dinners, on a stated date, for each of the months from October, 1951 to 1957; and what were the prices charged to the recipients on these dates.
§ Mr. Geoffrey LloydThe available figures are those for a selected day in the autumn of each year. They are as follows:—
Year Number of pupils in Rochdale taking school dinners and milk each autumn Charge paid by pupils receiving no remission Dinners Milk Dinners Milk 1951 5,126 9,641 7d. None 1952 5,628 9,829 1953 5,243 10,181 9d. 1954 5,580 10,646 1955 5,672 10,089 1956 5,958 10,464 10d. 1957 5,484 10,762 1s.