SIR - In reply to Kathryn Downton, acting head of older people and physical disability services at Worcestershire County Council (Letters, December 28). Before taking issue with Fred Kaler, chairman of the Evesham and District Pensioners' Association (EDPA), for his strongly-worded but accurate letter, had Kathryn been briefed by, or listened to, her predecessor, she would have been aware that both EDPA and the Worcestershire Pensioners Action Group (WPAG), had attended the first such tasting here in Worcester.

And it was at this tasting, also attended by Worcester Community Housing, that we (WPAG) raised the issue of non-negotiation with either the housing associations or the residents concerned - prior to the letters of the then intended action to stop the subsidies for freshly prepared mid-day meals as from January 1 being sent out. WPAG have been invited by WCH to attend all their tastings, and we would welcome such an offer for other tastings.

BRIAN HUNT, Worcester.