§ 68. Mr. Hurdasked the Minister of Food how the £310 million to be provided in food subsidies during the current financial year will be split between the various commodities.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeFollowing is the information:
FOOD SUBSIDIES IN 1952–53
The table below sets out the assumed amount of subsidy for each subsidised foodstuff provided by the Revised Estimate of my Department recently published. (H.C. 225):— Bacon … 28.5 Bread … 33.8 Flour (other than for bread) … 9.9 Shell eggs … 22.3 Meat … 20.6 Milk … 41.7 Butter … 19.3 Cheese … 2.0 Margarine (domestic) … 7.8 Lard and cooking fat … 4.3 Sugar (domestic) … 10.2 Tea … 1.7 Miscellaneous … 0.1 Welfare and Milk in Schools Schemes 47.3 Animal feeding stuffs … 30.9 TOTAL SUBSIDIES ADMINISTERED BY MINISTRY OF FOOD … 280.4
£m. Add— Subsidies administered by other Departments:— Attested Herds Scheme … 9.1 Fertiliser Subsidy … 11.0 White Fish Subsidy … 1.5 Ploughing Grants … 4.5 Calf Subsidy … 2.3 28.4 TOTAL FOOD SUBSIDIES … … 308.8
§ Captain Duncanasked the Minister of Food how much of the £360,300,000 allotted in this year's estimates for food subsidies is in respect of milk and milk products.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeMy Department's revised estimate for 1952–53 shows total food subsidies at £308.8 million. Of this sum the subsidies on milk (including milk welfare schemes) and milk products account for £90.5 million and £21.3 million, respectively.