School Meals (Hansard, 26 July 1978)

Subject to parliamentary approval new income scales

				Number of children in the family who can have free dinners if parental net weekly income is less than:
Number of dependent children in the family	1	2	3	4	5	6
				£p	£p	£p	£p	£p	£p
1	…	…	…	40.15
2	…	…	…	48.00	46.75
3	…	…	…	55.85	54.60	53.35
4	…	…	…	63.70	62.45	61.20	59.95
5	…	…	…	71.55	70.30	69.05	67.80	66.55
6	…	…	…	79.40	78.15	76.90	75.65	74.40	73.15
Notes:
1. For larger families, in respect of each child:
(a) £7.85 is to be added at each incremental point in every additional line;
(b) £1.25 is to be deducted at each incremental point in every additional column.
2. In calculating net weekly income all income from both parents—in a two-parent family—is taken into account but various deductions may be made, of which the following are the most important:
(a) income tax, national insurance contributions, superannuation contributions and the cost of travelling to and from work;
(b) payments for rent or mortgage, and rates
(c) life assurance premiums;
(d) the first £6 of earnings in a one-parent family, and the first £4 of the earnings of the mother or woman guardian in a two-parent family.
3. For the purposes of the income scale the expression "dependent child" means dependent on his parents and under the age of 19.

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of inflation and the aim of the allocation to the districts was to even out, as far as possible, the rates of increase over the first two years of the new grant arrangements.

will come into effect on 13th November next. From the same date the allowance for special diets is also being increased from £2.10 to £2:25 per week. Local education authorities have been sent details and asked to bring them to the attention of parents; details have also been released to the press. The new scales are as follows: