The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.
Mr. Shinwell
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can state the number of men serving in the Navy whose wives are in receipt of public assistance, owing to the inability of their husbands to maintain them adequately out of Navy pay?
Lieut.-Colonel Llewellin
Men who marry before the age at which they become eligible for marriage allowance are
| Public Elementary Schools maintained by Local Education Authorities. | ||||
| Number of children receiving free meals and/or free milk as a percentage of the total numbers on the Registers. | ||||
| Type of Area. | Number of children on the Registers on 31st March, 1937. | Number of children who received free meals and/or milk in June, 1937. | Percentage Column 3 of Column 2. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| England and Wales. | ||||
| Total | … | 5,123,490 | 419,334 | 8·18 |
| Counties | … | 2,044,180 | 158,617 | 7·76 |
| Boroughs and Urban Districts | … | 838,298 | 62,469 | 7·45 |
| County Boroughs | … | 1,774,126 | 168,081 | 9·47 |
| London | … | 466,886 | 30,167 (approximate figure) | 6·46 |
not compelled to report the fact, but I am having inquiries made at the three home ports with a view to obtaining some idea of the number of such cases.