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Mr. Alec Jones
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many free school meals have been served by each education authority in Wales in each of the past four years.
Mr. Wyn Roberts
Information on this topic is collected at a census which is carried out on a specific day at the beginning of each academic year. The latest available figures are given in the following table.
| Number of pupils receiving a free school meal | ||||
| 1977–78 | 1978–79 | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | |
| Clwyd | 9,374 | 10,778 | 8,665 | 5,866 |
| Dyfed | 8,227 | 9,718 | 7,512 | 4,455 |
| Gwent | 10,902 | 14,721 | 12,339 | 11,448 |
| Gwynedd | 8,083 | 10,372 | 8,443 | 4,805 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 13,793 | 15,437 | 12,356 | 12,196 |
| Powys | 2,247 | 2,781 | 1,977 | 1,319 |
| South Glamorgan | 10,505 | 12,132 | 10,861 | 9,286 |
| West Glamorgan | 7,294 | 9,080 | 7,323 | 6,747 |