§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will estimate the number of school- 522W November 1968 to the nearest available date.
§ Mr. St. John-StevasThe figures requested are given in the following table:
England and Wales in November 1968 and each succeeding year to the latest available date.
§ Mr. St. John-StevasDetails of librarianship, including information science, students in the years 1968 to 1971 are as follows:
children eligible for free school dinners and express this as a percentage of the total number of children (a) eligible for free school dinners, and (b) in regular receipt of school dinners.
§ Mr. St. John-StevasOn a day in October 1972, 850,000 pupils at maintained schools in England and Wales received free school dinners; at a rough estimate this is about 80 per cent. of those who might be eligible. Information about the take-up of meals is based on an annual return; details of the numbers and proportion of pupils who receive meals regularly, whether free or on payment, are not available.
I have no information about the take-up of meals in Scotland.