§ 47. Mr. Raceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science which local authorities have made decisions under the powers granted to them in the Education Act 1980 to abolish the school meals service for primary or secondary school pupils.
§ Dr. BoysonDorset, Hereford and Worcester, and Lincolnshire no longer provide meals on payment in primary schools. The London borough of Merton decided recently to cease to provide a paid service in its primary and secondary schools with effect from September.