§ Sir Brandon Rhys Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his latest estimate of the numbers and percentage of local education authorities which provide free school meals to families above the entitlement levels for family income supplement; and how many families are affected.
§ Mr. DunnIn October 1984, 65 authorities, that is 68 per cent. of the local education authorities in England, 397W granted free meals above the level of entitlement for family income supplement and supplementary benefit. Information on the number of families is not available. The report of the school meals census for autumn 1984 "Provision of School Meals, England October 1984" is available in the Library.