HC Deb 19 October 1990 vol 177 cc942-3W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list all those local education authorities(a) that have been given permission to provide free milk for under-fives under the Welfare Foods Regulations 1988 and (b) whose applications are under consideration.

Mr. Dorrell

To date, the following 44 local education authorities have been approved to participate in the scheme to receive reimbursement of costs for the supply of milk to children under five in nursery schools and classes:

  • Avon county council
  • Bedfordshire county council
  • London borough of Bexley
  • London borough of Brent
  • Metropolitan borough of Calderdale
  • Cleveland county council
  • Cornwall county council
  • Cumbria county council
  • Derbyshire county council
  • Doncaster metropolitan council
  • Dudley metropolitan borough council
  • Durham county council
  • Gateshead metropolitan borough council
  • London borough of Greenwich
  • London borough of Hackney
  • London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
  • London borough of Hounslow
  • Humberside county council
  • London borough of Islington
  • Kirklees metropolitan council
  • London borough of Lambeth
  • Leicestershire county council
  • London borough of Lewisham
  • Liverpool city council
  • City of London education authority
  • Manchester city council
  • London borough of Merton
  • City of Newcastle upon Tyne
  • North Tyneside council
  • North Yorkshire county council
  • Oldham metropolitan borough council
  • Rotherham metropolitan borough council
  • St. Helen's metropolitan borough council
  • Sandwell metropolitan borough council
  • Metropolitan district of Sefton
  • Sheffield city council
  • Solihull metropolitan borough council
  • London borough of Southwark
  • Staffordshire county council
  • London borough of Sutton
  • Wakefield metropolitan district council
  • Wandsworth borough council
  • Westminster city council
  • Metropolitan borough of Wirral

In addition, the following 10 local education authorities have been issued with the appropriate forms for registration under the regulations, and their responses are awaited:

  • Birmingham city council
  • Cambridgeshire county council
  • Devon county council
  • East Sussex county council
  • Hereford and Worcester county council
  • Hertfordshire county council
  • Kent county council
  • Oxfordshire county council
  • Metropolitan borough of Stockport
  • Wolverhampton metropolitan borough council