§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage of school meals which have been provided free of charge to pupils in each education authority in Wales for each year from 1979 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasThe number of pupils receiving a free school meal expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils taking meals, at all maintained schools on a specific day in the autumn of each year, was as follows:
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Percent. 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 *1984 Clwyd 21.2 21.0 27.9 30.8 30.4 30.8 Dyfed 19.4 12.6 15.0 18.8 21.4 23.2 Gwent 30.4 30.6 34.0 39.9 41.5 47.5 Gwynedd 29.1 19.9 23.4 27.6 30.7 31.8 Mid Glamorgan 21.3 25.2 29.5 33.4 37.7 47.9 Powys 14.5 12.5 13.9 17.7 19.7 22.1 South Glamorgan 31.7 35.5 39.2 49.8 49.2 48.3 West Glamorgan 21.9 27.4 29.4 35.2 35.8 42.1 * Provisional estimate. The number of pupils receiving a free school meal expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils present was as follows:
Per cent. 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 *1984 Clwyd 12.5 8.6 11.3 13.4 15.6 16.5 Dyfed 13.9 8.4 10.5 13.5 15.2 17.5 Gwent 15.4 15.0 17.7 20.6 22.8 27.3 Gwynedd 21.4 12.3 15.1 17.2 19.6 20.5 Mid Glamorgan 12.7 13.0 16.5 18.9 21.6 29.7 Powys 10.6 7.1 9.7 11.8 13.8 14.5 South Glamorgan 16.2 14.6 17.2 18.8 20.5 21.4 West Glamorgan 12.0 11.4 14.7 17.3 19.8 23.9 * Provisional estimate.