§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list those education authorities which provide free milk to pupils, the age groups of the pupils so provided, and the criteria for such provision.
Dr. Boyson [pursuant to his reply, 16 July 1980, c. 608]: Based on informa-contact with local education authorities, the information for the summer term 1980 is as follows:
A. Authorities providing free school milk for junior and infant pupils, pupils in special schools, and those pupils under 12 who need it on medical grounds.
- Barnsley
- Birmingham
- Brent
- Bury
- Durham
- Ealing
- Hounslow
- Manchester
- Newcastle
- Newham
- North Tyneside
- Salford
- South Tyneside
- Sunderland
- Tameside
- Waltham Forest
- Wolverhampton
B. Authorities providing free school milk for infant pupils (5 to 6-year-olds), pupils in special schools, and pupils under 12 who need it on medical grounds.
- Avon
- Barking
- Barnet
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- Bradford
- Bromley
- Calderdale
- Coventry
- Croydon
- Doncaster
- Gateshead
- Haringey
- Havering
- Humberside
- ILEA
- Kirklees
- Knowsley
- Leeds
- Liverpool
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Rochdale
- St. Helens
- Sandwell
- Sheffield*
- Stockport
- Wakefield
- Walsall
(* Sheffield also provide free milk for junior pupils (7 to 11-year-olds) if they qualify, under the authority's arrangements, for free school meals).
C. Authorities providing free school milk for pupils at special schools and those under 12 who need it on medical grounds.
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Cumbria
- Dorset
- Hertfordshire*
- Kent
- Kingston upon Thames
- Leicester
- Norfolk
- North Yorkshire
- Oldham
- Staffordshire
- Trafford*
(* Hertfordshire also provide free milk for infants if they qualify, under the authority's arrangements, for free school meals.
* Trafford also provide free milk for children in nursery schools or nursery units).
D. Authority providing free milk for pupils in special schools only.
- Northumberland
E. Authorities providing free milk only for pupils under 12 needing it on medical grounds.
- Bolton
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- East Sussex
- Enfield
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Harrow
- Hillingdon
- Isle of Wight
- Lancashire
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- Northamptonshire
- Redbridge
- Richmond
- Rotherham
- Salop
- Sefton
- Solihull
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Sutton
- West Sussex
- Wirral*
(* Wirral also provides free milk for children on grounds of 'social need')
F. Authorities which have discontinued the provision of free school milk.
- Cheshire
- Cleveland
- Cornwall
- Dudley
- Hampshire
- Hereford & Worcester
- Lincolnshire
- Somerset
- Warwickshire
- Wigan
- Wiltshire