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Mr. Coleman
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the number of Welsh schoolchildren who will be entitled to receive free school meals in each of the four years 1971 to 1975.
Mr. Peter Thomas
It is estimated that the number of schoolchildren in Wales who will be entitled to receive free school meals in each of the four years 1971–75 will be as follows:
| 1971–72 | 63,750 |
| 1972–73 | 64,500 |
| 1973–74 | 67,500 |
| 1974–75 | 69,750 |
Mr. Coleman
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many Welsh school-children in January, 1970, were receiving free school meals.
Mr. Peter Thomas
47,521.