HC Deb 12 June 1981 vol 6 cc219-20W
Mr. Field

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the charges that each local authority in England is making for school meals at the most recent comparable date for which information is available.

Mr. Macfarlane

Authorities daily charges for school meals as shown by their returns in hte Autumn 1980 school meals census were as follows:

Authority Charge p
Avon 50
Barking 40
Barnet 40
Barnsley 35
Bedfordshire 55
Berkshire 40
Bexley 50
Birmingham 40
Bolton 40
Bradford 40
Brent 35
Bromley 50
Buckinghamshire 50
Bury 40
Calderdale 35
Cambridgeshire 45
Cheshire 50
Cleveland 40
Cornwall 45
Coventry 45
Croydon 40
Cumbria 45§
Derbyshire 40*
Devon 50
Doncaster 35
Dorset 45
Dudley 40
Durham 36
Ealing 50
East Sussex 45
Enfield 50
Essex 50‡
Gateshead 35
Gloucestershire 50
Hampshire 50
Haringey 40
Harrow 40
Havering 50
Authority Charge p
Hereford and Worcester 45
Hertfordshire 55
Hillingdon 45
Hounslow 35
Humberside 50
ILEA 35
Isle of Wight 45*
Kent 40*
Kingston 45‡
Kirklees 35
Knowsley 40
Lancashire 40
Leeds 35
Leicestershire 50
Lincolnshire 50
Liverpool 40
Manchester 40
Merton 45
Newcastle 35
Newham 35
Norfolk 50
Northamptonshire 55
North Tyneside 35
Northumberland 55
North Yorkshire 50
Nottinghamshire 50
Oldham 40
Oxfordshire 40
Redbridge 60
Richmond 50‡
Rochdale 40
Rotherham 35
St. Helens 40
Salford 40
Shropshire 40
Sandwell 40
Sefton 45
Sheffield 38†
Solihull 50
Somerset 45
South Tyneside 40
Staffordshire 40*
Stockport 45
Suffolk 45
Sunderland 35
Surrey 45
Sutton 40
Tameside 35
Trafford 45
Wakefield 35
Walsall 35
Waltham Forest 35
Warwickshire 50
West Sussex 40
Wigan 35
Wiltshire 45*
Wirral 45
Wolverhampton 35

* These authorities charge 5p more in the case of secondary school children.

† This authority charges 2p more in the case of secondary school children.

‡ These authorities charge 10p more in the case of secondary school children.

§ This authority charges 3p more in the case of secondary school children.