School Milk (Hansard, 6 February 2004)

HC Deb 06 February 2004 vol 417 cc1118-9W 1118W

§ Mrs. Brooke
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many education authorities in England take advantage of the EU subsidy to provide school milk. [152800]

§ Alun Michael
One hundred and fifty six education authorities in England make use of the EU school milk subsidy scheme.

§ Mrs. Brooke
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much her Department spent on the School Milk Scheme in 2003. [152806]

§ Alun Michael
In England expenditure on the EU school milk subsidy scheme in the 2003 calendar year amounted to £5,275,236.89. Expenditure in England on the national top-up to the EU subsidy, co-funded equally by Defra, the Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills, totalled an additional £1,361,961.27.
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