HC Deb 26 February 1976 vol 906 cc328-9W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Sec retary of State for Education and Science what was the number of pupils receiving free school meals in October 1975 and the percentage which these pupils represented of the number of pupils in attendance.

Mr. Mulley

On a day in October 1975, 784,158 pupils at maintained schools in England and Wales received free school meals: these represented 9.3 per cent. of the pupils in attendance.