School Meals Service (Workers' Pay And Conditions)

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asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the hourly rates of pay for workers in the school meals service; and what is the imputed value of the free meals to which they are entitled.

The hourly rates of pay effective from November 1977 are as follows:

	pence
Dining room assistant	106^*
General kitchen assistant/school meals supervisory assistant	107^*
Assistant cook	111·75^*
Cook	117·50^*

The hourly rate payable to cooks-in-charge and cook supervisors is 117·50^* pence, increased by between 2·90 pence and 9·45 pence depending on the daily output of meals of the school kitchen or canteen concerned.

^* These figures include the hourly equivalent of a weekly supplement of £5 and are subject to abatement by 1·46 pence in respect of meals provided during the period of duty.

The average cost of a school meal in 1977–78 was 52 pence. The hours worked vary between 7½ and 40 for a five-day week, depending on the post and on local circumstances.

Volume 963: debated on Tuesday 20 February 1979