§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the cost to the Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available of subsidising national dried milk.
§ Mr. MeacherThe estimated costs of free provision and of sale at a price lower than the cost to the Department were:
Free issues Loss on sales £ £ Year ended 31st March— 1973 52,000 82,000 1974 44,000 125,000 1975 70,000 465,000