§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his replies to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East on 15 May, if his Department will start collecting information on (a) how many schools have bought text and other books with the help of parental contributions, (b) how much money has been raised from parents to buy books, equipment and so on, (c) the extent to which head teachers are spending time in fund-raising activities, (d) how many secondary schools have had to close one or more of their kitchens because of falling demand for school lunches and (e) how many local education authorities are allowing pensioners to eat at schools following falling demand for school lunches by children.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleNo. I do not consider that the likely uses of such information would justify the cost of systematic collection.