HC Deb 29 March 1995 vol 257 c690W
Mr. McLoughlin

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much was spent by Derbyshire county council local education authority on subsidising school meals in each of the last 12 years. [16866]

Mr. Robin Squire

This information is not collected centrally in the form requested. The table shows Derbyshire local education authority's total expenditure on, and income from, its school catering service from 1982–83 to 1993–94, the latest year for which provisional outturn figures are available.

Derbyshire local education authority
£000
School catering service total expenditure (cash terms) School catering service total income (cash terms)
1982–83 15,117 5,674
1983–84 16,084 6,055
1984–85 16,799 5,728
1985–86 16,641 5,457
1986–87 18,974 6,542
1987–88 21,617 7,092
1988–89 23,305 7,546
1989–90 22,477 7,413
1990–91 22,872 7,560
1991–92 26,921 8,226
1992–93 28,192 9,873
1993–941 22,959 9,051
1 Provisional.