§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what agencies he is using to monitor the effects on nutrition of children of the raised meal charges and withdrawal of free milk; what criteria are being used; how many reports he has received and with what results; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir K. JosephThe Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Social Medicine at St. Thomas' Hospital is undertaking a monitoring study of the children in question, that is a study of height, weight and skinfold thicknesses of primary schoolchildren.
The study is long-term and it will be some time before results begin to accrue.