§ Mr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many children attending secondary schools in the West Riding were supplied with school meals in October, 1971; and what was the comparative figure for 12 months previously;
(2) how many children in junior schools were supplied with school meals in the West Riding in October, 1971; and what was the comparative figure for 12 months previously;
(3) what percentage of children in junior schools in the West Riding received school meals in October, 1971; and what was the comparative figure for 12 months previously;
(4) what percentage of children in infant schools in the West Riding received school meals in October, 1971; and what was the comparable figure for 12 months previously;
(5) how many children in infant schools in the West Riding were supplied with school meals in October, 1971; and what was the comparative figure for 12 months previously;
(6) what percentage of children attending secondary schools in the West Riding received school meals in October, 1971; and what was the comparative figure for 12 months previously.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeOn a day in October, 1971, 63,771 pupils in secondary schools and 123,631 pupils in primary schools in the West Riding took the school meal, representing respectively 55.9 per cent. and 67.9 per cent. of the pupils present. Separate figures for primary and secondary schools were not collected in 1970. It has never been the practice to collect separate figures for infants schools.
§ Mr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of children in schools in the 80W West Riding took school meals in October, 1971; and what was the corresponding figure for 12 months previously.
§ Mr. van Straubenzee63.5 and 72.5.