§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the education authorities in Wales which provide free school meals for children (a) only in families receiving family income supplement or supplementary benefit, (b) on the basis of the income eligibility test operated in 1979–80, (c) on the basis of an income eligibility test less generous than that operated in 1979–80, (d) on the basis of the income eligibility test circulated by the Department of Education and Science, (e) on the basis of an income eligibility test more generous than that circulated by the Department of Education and Science and (f) according to any other criterion.
§ Mr. Michael RobertsThe local education authorities in Wales provide free school meals as follows:
On the basis of receipt of family income supplement or supplementary benefit—Dyfed, Gwynedd and Powys.
On the basis of an income eligibility test less generous than that operated in 1979–80—Clwyd.
On the basis of an income eligibility scale drawn up by the Department of Education and Science—Mid-Glamorgan. South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan.
Gwent provides meals on a scale of its own, broadly comparable with the national 1979–80 scale.