§ Mr. Thornton-Kemsleyasked the Minister of Food the total consumption of meat in Great Britain during the years 1951 and 1952, respectively; and how this amount was divided between ration 148W book holders, catering establishments, manufacturers, etc., respectively.
§ Major Lloyd George1,213,600 tons of all classes of carcase meat were issued in Great Britain during 1951; for 1952 the figure was 1,388,300 tons. In addition 38,700 tons of canned corned meat were issued in 1951 and 2,300 tons in 1952. It is estimated that these quantities were distributed as follow:
Thousand Tons 1951 1952 (Provisional) 1. CARCASE MEAT: (a) Ration Quality: (i) General Butchers for domestic ration 815.6 950.2 (ii) General Butchers and small manufacturers for sausages, pies, etc. 46.1 36.0 (iii) Caterers, Canteens, hotels, etc. 118.0 137.5 (iv) Institutions, including hospitals, prisons, etc. 21.3 24.8 (v) Miscellaneous, including armed services, ships' stores, etc. 1,032.7 1,183.6 (b) Manufacturing Quality: (i) Larger manufacturers of pies, sausages, canned meats, etc. (including General Butchers' manufacturing allowance in manufacturing quality meat) *160.7 *191.9 (ii) Miscellaneous, including N.A.A.F.I. 20.2 12.8 180.9 204.7 2. CANNED CORNED MEAT: (i) Domestic ration 27.7 — (ii) Caterers, Canteens, hotels, etc. 4.0 0.4 (iii) Institutions, including hospitals, prisons, etc. 0.7 — (iv) Miscellaneous, including armed services, ships' stores, etc. 6.3 1.9 38.7 2.3 * Include about 7,800 tons of manufacturing offal in 1951 and an estimate of 8,500 tons of manufacturing offal in 1952 issued to manufacturers as part of their issue of manufacturing meat.