§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children have taken school dinners in each year since 1979; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ForthInformation on school meal arrangements in maintained schools in England between 1989 and 1992, the latest year for which information is presently available, 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.
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Numbers of day-pupils raking school meals in maintained schools in England 1989–92 Position as at January each year Numbers 1989 3,006,715 1990 2,991,682 1991 2,975,233 1992 3,029,766