§ 22. Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of local education authorities provide milk at a reduced price with the aid of European Economic Community funds for this purpose.
§ Mr. Macfarlane: Although complete information is not available, it is understood that something like half the LEA's in England are continuing to provide free milk to the 5 and 6-year-old group of children. Many of the other authorities are continuing to provide free milk to limited categories of pupils, such as children at special schools.
§ 54. Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many local education authorities are now no longer providing milk for infant and primary schoolchildren, following the Education Act 1980.
§ Mr. Macfarlane: On the basis of informal information available to the Department, about 45 local education authorities are understood to have discontinued the provision of free milk for 5 and 6 year old schoolchildren as a group.