§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of children received(a) paid and (b) free meals in (i) primary, (ii) junior and (iii) secondary schools in England as a whole in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. ForthInformation on school meal arrangements in England since 1989 is shown in the table. Information prior to 1989 is not available on a comparable basis although the results of early school meals censuses were published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy up to 1988 in "School Meal Statistics at October", copies of which are available in the Library.
non-governmental organisations giving, in each case, the title of the post, any salary payable, and the duration of the appointment.
§ Mr. David Davis[pursuant to the reply, 9 July 1993, c. 285]: I regret that the information I gave regarding my hon. Friend the Member for Torridge and Devon, West (Miss Nicholson) and my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Mr. Knapman) is incorrect. Although they are members of the Medical Research Council and the Agricultural and Food Research Council respectively, they do not receive any honoraria.