§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will list the proposed and actual expenditure on school meals for each year since 1979 in England in real terms.
§ Mr. DunnThe actual expenditure on school meals for each year from 1980–81 to 1984–85 and the provision made by Government in the public expenditure White Paper immediately preceding that year are given in the table. The figures have been repriced to 1984–85 real terms using the gross domestic product (market prices) deflator.
Planned Expenditure (1984–85 prices) £ million Actual Expenditure (1984–85 prices) £ million 1980–81 351 508 1981–82 303 461 1982–83 354 448 1983–84 285 449 1984–85 263 415
§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will list, for each year since 1980, the number of local education authorities which provide free school meals (a) to the statutory minimum of children only and (b) to more than the statutory minimum.
244WUniversity new undergraduate places are already allocated, by overflow from previous years' applications, for the years 1986 and 1987; and if he will give the percentages for each region in Scotland.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe university has not yet completed the admissions process for 1986 but estimates that about 42 per cent. of new undergraduate places will be filled by previous years' applicants. The estimated percentage for Scotland is 67 per cent. Information for 1987, or for the regions in Scotland, is not available.