HC Deb 07 December 1970 vol 808 c21W
Mr. Coleman

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the number of Welsh schoolchildren who will be entitled to receive free school meals in each of the four years 1971 to 1975.

Mr. Peter Thomas

It is estimated that the number of schoolchildren in Wales who will be entitled to receive free school meals in each of the four years 1971–75 will be as follows:

1971–72 63,750
1972–73 64,500
1973–74 67,500
1974–75 69,750

Mr. Coleman

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many Welsh school-children in January, 1970, were receiving free school meals.

Mr. Peter Thomas

47,521.