§ Mr. Goldingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she can yet state how many children received school meals in September, 1971, compared with September, 1970.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeFull results of last month's survey are not yet available but returns from 153 of the 163 local education authorities in England and Wales show that on the day of the survey 4345,134 pupils or 59.6 per cent. of288W those present took the school meal compared with 4,817,956 or 67.7 per cent. in the same areas in September, 1970.