HC Deb 09 July 1934 vol 292 cc29-30W
Mr. T. WILLIAMS

asked the Minister of Agriculture the output and sale of home-produced bacon for the year 1931 and the estimated output for the present year?

Mr. ELLIOT

I regret that information as to the total output and sale of home-produced bacon and hams is not available for the year 1931. On the basis of the last industrial census of production carried out by the Board of Trade, which in the case of bacon and hams

Year. National Expenditure. Rates collected by Local Authorities(c).
Expenditure charged to revenue (a). Borrowing by unemployment Fund. Expenditure out of the Road Fund. Total Columns (2), (3) and (4).
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
1924–25 … 727,287 — 15,483 742,770 160,049
1925–26 … 751,443 80 16,988 768,511 167,201
1926–27 … 758,185 17,400 24,789 800,374 179,500
1927–28 … 752,485 — 31,813 784,298 188,394
1928–29 … 741,580 11,430 17,728 770,738 188,409
1929–30 … 749,639 2,990 20,569 773,198 175,747
1930–31 … 796,006 36,440 27,926 860,372 168,184
1931–32 … 771,974 39,610 29,941 841,525 165,176
1932–33 … 777,385 — 24,397 801,782 163,603 (b)
1933–34 … 693,419 — 22,532 (b) 715,951 166,153 (b)
1934–35 … 705,724 (b) — 21,362 (b) 727,086 (d)
NOTES.
(a) The figures for years prior to 1928–29 have been adjusted to conform to certain changes made in that year in the form of the accounts.
(b) Estimates.
(c) Since a large portion of local authorities' expenditure is met out of exchequer grants, which are already included in column (2), and out of rents, etc., figures of rates collected afford the simplest approximate index to the actual burden of local expenditure. Over a series of years the rates collected represent very closely the expenditure falling on rates.
(d) Not available.

applied only to firms in Great Britain employing more than 10 persons, it is estimated that the total United Kingdom production in 1930 was approximately 1,750,000 cwt., including approximately 400,000 cwt. produced in Northern Ireland, and an unrecorded quantity of bacon produced from imported pigs and carcases. It is estimated that the output of home-produced bacon in 1934 will amount to about 2,910,000 cwt., including 630,000 cwt. produced from pigs fattened in Northern Ireland, and 253,000 cwt. from imported pigs and carcases.