HC Deb 11 July 1991 vol 194 cc444-5W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the percentage of school meals received by pupils per local education authority in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools for each of the years since 1979.

Sir Wyn Roberts

The information, as at September of each year, is given in the table.

Number of pupils receiving school meals, as a percentage of the pupils present
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Primary
Clwyd 69 48 46 55 62 58 56 54 53 48 49 49
Dyfed 86 67 74 75 75 73 70 67 66 61 62 62
Gwent 66 61 63 63 64 64 61 61 62 59 61 57
Gwynedd 85 70 71 68 71 70 67 67 68 63 62 61
Mid Glamorgan 68 58 63 62 66 68 64 63 63 59 59 57
Powys 85 66 88 78 79 69 62 64 63 62 64 66
South Glamorgan 64 49 50 43 46 48 48 48 48 46 46 47
West Glamorgan 67 48 58 56 60 53 51 51 49 45 45 45
Wales 71 57 61 60 64 62 59 59 58 55 55 54
Secondary
Clwyd 44 31 34 30 39 51 43 42 43 43 38 41
Dyfed 54 66 65 69 67 72 69 69 70 67 66 65
Gwent 33 35 40 39 46 53 44 49 52 50 52 56
Gwynedd 59 52 58 56 55 56 53 54 51 48 41 48
Mid Glamorgan 48 43 46 49 47 55 43 45 44 40 44 45
Powys 58 45 49 53 60 65 49 50 49 48 55 54
South Glamorgan 37 31 37 31 36 39 34 35 38 36 38 36
West Glamorgan 40 34 40 43 49 62 57 56 56 55 47 54
Wales 44 41 45 45 48 55 48 49 50 48 47 49

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