§ Mr. Raceasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in theOfficial Report those local education authorities in Wales which, in the autumn of 1981, provided free school meals(a) only for children from families in receipt of supplementary benefit or family income supplement,(b) for children who qualify under the former income eligibility limits and(c) for children who fall in between these two tests.
§ Mr. Michael RobertsThis information is not included in returns from local education authorities, but from informal inquiries I understand that Dyfed, Gwynedd and Powys provide meals only to children whose parents are in receipt of supplementary benefit or family income supplement. Clwyd, Gwent, Mid, South and West Glamorgan have all developed their own imcome scales for assessing eligibility above the statutory minimum.
§ Mr. Raceasked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the price charged to consumers for school meals in each local education authority in Wales in the autumn of 1981.
§ Mr. Michael RobertsI refer the hon. Member to my reply of 13 November 1980.—[Vol. 992, c. 292.].