HC Deb 29 February 1996 vol 272 c711W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the effect on public revenues in 1996–97 and 1997–98 of extending entitlement to free school meals to families receiving family credit. [18242]

Mr. Morley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the effect on public revenues in 1996–97 and 1997–98 of extending entitlement to free school meals to families receiving family credit. [18234]

Mr. Roger Evans

The estimated cost of extending entitlement to free school meals to families receiving family credit is £150 million in both 1996–97 and 1997–98.