HC Deb 29 July 1982 vol 28 c720W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if his Department will undertake a survey of schoolchildren's dietary intake, with special emphasis upon school meals (a) in Scotland and (b) in Dundee.

Mr. John MacKay

A study of children's dietary intake, taking account of school meals provision, has been suggested by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy, following the Government's invitation to it to consider this matter. The possibility of a survey throughout Great Britain undertaken by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys is under consideration: but no final decision on a survey or the particular areas it might cover will be taken until after the results of a recent small feasibility study are available.

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