HC Deb 23 March 1979 vol 964 cc266-7W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of children receive free school meals in the West Midlands; and how this compares with the proportion in 1974.

Miss Margaret Jackson

The information is as follows:

PUPILS IN MAINTAINED SCHOOL RECEIVING FREE MEALS AS A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE PRESENT
Local education authority October 1974 October 1978
Birmingham 14.2 19.6
Coventry 9.6 18.3
Dudley 4.4 7.0
Sandwell 9.3 12.6
Solihull 6.2 12.1
Walsall 5.8 13.1
Wolverhampton 7.0 13.7
All West Midlands 9.9 15.4

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