§ 51. Mr. Piratinasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the current rates of subsidy on home-grown food; and the various categories comprising the total.
§ The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Douglas Jay)I gave some of the information requested in reply to a Question by the hon. and gallant Member for Ludlow (Lieut.-Colonel Corbett) on 27th July, 1948. I will with permission circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT further details of some of the figures then given.
§ Following are the figures:
| £ million (annual rate) | |
| Bacon | 5.4 |
| Bread made from home-grown wheat, including the baking subsidy | 12.8 |
| Flour (other than that used for bread) and other cereals | 8.2 |
| Eggs | 16.7 |
| Meat | 47.6 |
| Milk | 37.5 |
| Butter | 7.3 |
| Cheese | 9.4 |
| Potatoes | 16.9 |
| Sugar | 7.3 |
| Home-grown animal feedingstuffs | 0.6 |
| Sundries | 1.5 |
| Fertilizer subsidy | 8.3 |
| Welfare Schemes: | |
| National Milk | 22.0 |
| Milk in Schools | 8.5 |
| Other Welfare Foods | 7.4 |
| Imported Feedingstuffs | 65.9 |
| 283.3 |