School Meals

HC Deb 02 April 1990 vol 170 cc442-3W

Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the expenditure on school meals for each year from 1978–79 to the latest date available, in current and constant prices.

Mr. Roberts

Local authority current expenditure on school catering for each year since 1979–80 is given in the table. Information for 1978–79 is not available. Catering includes both school meals and milk. The school meals element is not available separately.

Local authority	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89	1989–901
1989–90 prices2
Clwyd	6,648	5,072	4,447	4,692	5,063	4,830	4,641	4,816	4,856	3,178	3,751
Dyfed	7,415	4,773	4,760	4,774	4,823	3,950	3,730	3,927	4,028	3,268	4,416
Gwent	7,956	6,960	6,796	6,972	6,769	6,785	6,400	6,841	6,362	4,537	4,582
Gwynedd	4,838	3,820	3,432	3,478	3,262	3,249	3,196	3,137	3,108	2,723	2,462
Mid Glamorgan	11,638	9,199	8,630	9,036	9,267	10,593	9,403	9,130	8,461	6,150	7,301
Powys	2,693	1,973	1,783	2,149	2,113	1,822	1,450	1,335	1,245	1,121	1,179
South Glamorgan	4,652	3,015	3,003	2,971	3,035	3,129	3,085	2,547	2,439	2,004	2,318
West Glamorgan	6,395	4,876	4,637	4,782	3,805	4,530	3,483	3,446	3,241	3,045	2,904
Total Wales	52,234	39,689	37,488	38,855	38,138	38,889	35,388	35,179	33,741	26,028	28,912
1 Cash price budgets.
2 Deflated using GDP deflator.