School Meals

Miss Richardson
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the current eligibility limits for free school meals for a one, two and four child family expressed as a percentage of (a) gross and (b) net average industrial earnings.

Mr. Mulley
The figures are as follows: -------------------
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|One child family |
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|Two child family |
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|Four child family|
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NOTEThe figures of gross earnings used as the basis of the calculations are the average wages of all male employees over 18 in industries and services covered by the Department of Employment annual survey—October 1974 updated.