HC Deb 23 February 1971 vol 812 cc99-100W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the income limit for entitlement to free welfare milk for a family with two children under school age paying an average rent, as a proportion of average male earnings, when the scheme commenced and in 1970.

Mr. Dean

In October, 1970, the proportion was about 58 per cent.; in 1941 when the national milk scheme started it was about 52 per cent.

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