§ 59. Mr. Piratinasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what items of food and other articles were subsidised during 1948–49 and, at the same time, subject 1215 to Customs or Excise Duty; and what was the total amount of subsidy and total amount derived from duties, respectively, in these cases.
§ The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Douglas Jay)With permission, I will circulate the information requested in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the information:
| TABLE OF FOOD AND FEEDINGSTUFFS SUBSIDISED DURING 1948–49 AND SUBJECT TO CUSTOMS OR EXCISE DUTY | ||
| Estimated Subsidy on Imported Supplies | Total estimated amount of Customs or Excise Duty | |
| £m. | £m. | |
| Sugar | 24.0 | 29.0 |
| Tea | 17.7 | 10.4 |
| Butter | 39.0 | 0.9 |
| Cheese | 18.5 | 1.2 |
| Condensed Milk | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Shell Eggs | 4.9 | 0.6 |
| Dried Egg (domestic) | 1.7 | 0.7 |
| Carcase Meat | 10.3 | 1.6 |
| Canned Corned Meat | 1.9 | 0.7 |
| Non Cereal Feeding-stuffs | 22.0 | 1.3 |
| Cereal Feedingstuffs: | ||
| Barley | 8.0 | 1.0 |
| Oats | 1.0 | 0.1 |
| Wheat offals | 1.4 | 0.2 |
| Margarine (domestic) | 16.4 | 0.5 |
| Cooking Fat (domestic) | 5.0 | l.1 |
§ Notes:
§ 1. The figures for subsidies are related to imported supplies only except in the case of sugar where Excise Duty is incurred.
§ 2. The figures for duty (like those for subsidy) are based on distribution and do not represent the actual amounts paid on imports in 1948–49.
§ 3. Changes in the duties on sugar and tea were announced in the Financial Statement for 1949–50.
| RAW MATERIALS SUBSIDISED DURING 1948–49 AND SUBJECT TO CUSTOMS DUTY | |||
| Estimated Subsidy | total estimated amount of Customs or Excise Duty | ||
| £m. | £m. | ||
| Iron and Steel | … | 26.15 | 3.5 |