HC Deb 06 November 1979 vol 973 c151W
Mr. Alec Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many children in schools in Wales take meals at school; and how many of them have free meals.

Mr. Michael Roberts

In October 1978, the latest date for which figures are available, 317,778 pupils in Wales took meals at school, and of those 85,019 received them free of charge.