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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will publish the (a) total expenditure on, and (b) income from the local education authorities' school catering services in (i) Derbyshire, (ii) Nottinghamshire, (iii) Staffordshire, (iv) Surrey and (v) Hertfordshire in (1) 1994-95, (2) 1995-96, (3) 1996-97 and (4) 1997-98. [79619] Ms Estelle Morris: The following table shows total gross expenditure and total income for school catering from 1994-95 to 1997-98. Expenditure and income for the school meal service will vary according to the proportion of children entitled to free school meals. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Expenditure Income 1994-95 Derbyshire 22,906 9,700 Derby Staffordshire 17,318 9,784 Stoke-on-Trent Surrey 11,891 8,950 Hertfordshire 14,833 9,749 Nottinghamshire 19,892 8,346 1995-96 Derbyshire 21,803 9,384 Derby Staffordshire 17,532 11,559 Stoke-on-Trent Surrey 11,259 8,985 Hertfordshire 14,430 10,138 Nottinghamshire 17,316 8,113 1996-97 Derbyshire 21,306 9,199 Derby Staffordshire 17,846 10,910 Stoke-on-Trent Surrey 11,640 9,867 Hertfordshire 13,265 10,747 Nottinghamshire 17,399 8,159 1997-98 Derbyshire 16,729 8,191 Derby 4,544 1,997 Staffordshire 13,728 9,011 Stoke-on-Trent 5,027 2,668 Surrey 12,301 10,315 Hertfordshire 14,313 14,526 Nottinghamshire 18,765 9,177 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

329 c168W; 79619

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Catering Expenditure Local education authorities Nottinghamshire Schools Staffordshire Hertfordshire Derbyshire Surrey

Contains statistics

Yes