§ 127. Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Food, for the latest available period, the non-take-up of rationed foodstuffs, given separately for each foodstuff and expressed as amounts, percentages and in number of rations.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeThe following table shows the extent to which deliveries of rationed foods to the trade during the four weeks ended 28th November, 1953, are estimated to have fallen short of entitlement and, as an arithmetical calculation, the number of rations which the shortfall represents. The entitlement includes, in addition to the rations of domestic consumers, the allowances to catering establishments and institutions, and in the case of meat, the butchers' manufacturing allowance, which are not separately distinguishable. Non-take-up of domestic rations cannot be isolated.
UNDER-DELIVERIES OF RATION FOODS DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDED 28TH NOVEMBER, 1953 Note: The symbol + indicates deliveries in excess of entitlement. Commodity '000 tons Per cent. Equivalent rations (millions) Bacon (a) 4.8 13 7.1 Meat +1.6 +1 +0.8 Butter 0.7 3 1.9 Margarine 4.6 14 8.2 Cooking Fat 1.4 10 5.9 Cheese 3.3 20 13.5 (a) Deliveries of unrationed Category C bacon were 8.2 thousand tons.