§ 16. Mrs. Mannasked the Minister of Food if taking as a basis the surveys of household patterns of spending on food, he will state the differences in up-take by 1936 old-age pensioners in ration book items of 1950 and 1953 and the difference between the three months ending March, 1951, and the three months ended March, 1954.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeAs the reply contains a number of figures, I will, with permission, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ The estimates given below show a higher consumption by old-age pensioner households in 1953 than in 1950 of all the ration book items except butter and cheese. The rations of these two items were lower in 1953 than in 1950.
| ESTIMATED CONSUMPTION OF RATION BOOK ITEMS BY OLD-AGE PENSIONERS' HOUSEHOLDS (oz. per head per week) | ||
| — | Year 1950(a) | Year 1953 |
| Sugar | 9.9 | 13.8 (b) |
| Butter | 4.8 | 3.7 |
| Margarine | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| Cooking fat | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Cheese | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| Tea | 2.8 | 3.5 (c) |
| Meat | 15.3 | 17.3 |
| Bacon | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| Eggs (number) | 3.0 | 3.2 |
§ The full analysis of the results of the National Food Survey for the three months ended March, 1954, is not yet complete.
- (a) Excluding four months March, June, September and December for which information is not available.
- (b) Sugar was derationed on 27th September, 1953.
- (c) Tea was derationed on 5th October, 1953.