HC Deb 17 January 1972 vol 829 c80W
Mr. David Clark

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the number of children in schools in the West Riding who were taking milk on grounds of age in October, 1971.

Mr. van Straubenzee

72,302.

Mr. David Clark

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the number of children in schools in the West Riding who were receiving milk on health grounds at the latest date; and what this figure is as a percentage of children in junior schools within the authority.

Mr. van Straubenzee

205 in October, 1971. This represented 0.2 per cent. of junior pupils present on the day of the census.