§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number by which school meals have fallen in primary and secondary schools in England and Wales between May 1979 and May 1980.
§ Dr. BoysonThis information is not available, the spring and summer censuses having been discontinued.
§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the charges made for school meals by each local education authority ; which authorities charge more than the meal is worth ; and if he will issue advice to local education authorities to ensure that child nutrition is not disregarded.
§ Dr. BoysonThe Department understands that the charge currently made by each local education authority in England for a traditional two course school meal is as follows :
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Avon 40p Barking 40p Barnet 40p Barnsley 35p Bedfordshire 50p Berkshire 40p Bexley 40p Birmingham 40p Bolton 35p Bradford 35p Brent 35p Bromley 50p Buckinghamshire 40p Bury 40p Calderdale 35p Cambridgeshire 45p Cheshire 50p Cleveland 40p Cornwall 40p Coventry 35p Croydon 35p Cumbria 45p Derbyshire 40p Devon 45p Doncaster 35p Dorset 45p Dudley 35p Durham 35p Ealing 50p East Sussex 40p Enfield 50p Essex 45p* Gateshead 35p Gloucestershire 45p Hampshire 50p Haringey 35p Harrow 35p Havering 50p Hereford and Worcester 40p
Hertfordshire 50p Hillingdon 40p Hounslow 35p Humberside 50p ILEA 35p Isle of Wight 40p* Kent 40p* Kingston 45p* Kirklees 35p Knowsley 40p Lancashire 35p Leeds 40p Leicestershire 40p Lincolnshire 50p Liverpool 35p Manchester 35p Merton 35p Newcastle 35p Newham 35p Norfolk 40p Northamptonshire 55p North Tyneside 35p Northumberland 55p North Yorkshire 50p Nottinghamshire 40p Oldham 35p Oxfordshire 35p Redbridge 45p Richmond 50p Rochdale 40p Rotherham 35p St. Helens 40p Salford 40p Salop 40p Sandwell 40p Sefton 35p Sheffield 35p Solihull 50p Somerset 40p South Tyneside 35p Staffordshire 35p* Stockport 40p Suffolk 40p Sunderland 35p Surrey 40p Sutton 35p Tameside 35p Trafford 45p Wakefield 35p Walsall 35p Waltham Forest 35p Warwickshire 45p West Sussex 40p Wigan 35p Wiltshire 45p Wirral 40p Wolverhampton 35p *These authorities charge secondary pupils 5p or 10p more. No authority is known to be charging the full cost of providing a school meal.
My right hon. and learned Friend has no plans to issue advice on nutrition to local education authorities.