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Free school dinners are proposed for all
By Melanie Defries,
Nursery World,
21 August 2008
A free school dinner scheme could be offered to all primary school pupils in Liverpool to combat child obesity, in a joint initiative between Liverpool City Council and the local Primary Care Trust.
The council is undertaking a feasibility study into the implications of the scheme, which would affect around 35,000 children and apply to 139 primary schools. Providing free school meals for all primary school-aged children in Liverpool would cost around £10m per year, and around £1.80 per meal, according to the council's estimates. Some thirty per cent of children at the city's primary schools already qualify for free school meals. Councillor Keith Turner, executive...
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