§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of children receive free school meals in (a) Walsall and (b) each of the 14 district and London boroughs designated other than partnership and programme authorities under the Inner Urban Areas Bill.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonSince Blackburn, Hartlepool and Wandsworth are not local education authorities, separate information about them is not available in my Department. The information about the other areas, relating to January 1978, is as follows:
Numbers of pupils taking free school meals as a percentage of those present Walsall … … 13.1 Barnsley … … 15.8 Brent … … 14.2 Ealing … … 13.6 Doncaster … … 13.5 Haringey … … 15.5 Rochdale … … 20.3 Rotherham … … 12.7 Sandwell … … 12.7 Sefton … … 16.4 St. Helens … … 16.6 Wigan … … 17.1