HC Deb 02 August 1946 vol 426 c300W
Mr. Nally

asked the Minister of Food the gallonage of beer available for public consumption in June, July, August and September for each of the years from 1939, together with an estimate of such gallonage for the same months of this year.

Mr. Strachey

It is estimated that the quantities of beer available to the public in the United Kingdom in June, July, August and September of the years 1939–1946 are as follow (in thousand of gallons):

Year. June. July. August. September.
Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons.
1939 83,454 88,359 89,186 92,466
1940 74,633 86,841 97,466 86,042
1941 93,569 93,456 109,039 99,95O
1942 88,152 93,375 101,741 96,038
1943 91,782 96,198 102,105 102,075
1944 102,705 103,490 101,718 110,092
1945 109,146 103,320 110,145 114,744
1946* 91,872 85,716 93,960 104,000
* Provisional.