§ Colonel Wiggasked the Minister of Works what was the total quantity of bricks and the total tonnage of cement produced in the United Kingdom in the years 1938 and 1939 and in each of the months June to October, 1945.
§ Mr. WilsonInformation as to pre-war production of bricks is not available, but sales in 1938 totalled some 7,500 million. No figure is available for 1939. The monthly production from June to October, 1945, was as follows:
June 100,681,000 July 101,426,000 August 88,091,000 September 101,798,000 October 119,123,000 The figures for cement are as follows: Tons 1938 7,715,000 1939 8,212,000 1945: June 357,773 July 372,848 August 325,280 September 364,115 October 395,915