48. Mr. Slaterasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of home-produced beef sold each month last year; what was the amount imported last year; and how these compare with the years 1956 and 1957.
§ Mr. GodberFollowing is the information:
*1. PRODUCTION OF BEEF IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (including meat from imported fat animals during 1956, 1957 and 1958) '000 tons 4 or 5 week periods 1956 1957 1958 †January … 72.3 84.3 83.1 February … 59.9 64.3 64.8 March … 55.4 59.5 66.1 †April … 69.0 67.6 77.0 May … 52.6 57.2 64.0 June … 54.7 52.2 65.1 †July … 67.2 69.3 54.4 August … 58.1 60.2 55.7 September … 62.6 66.3 58.6 †October … 87.5 83.3 74.5 November … 74.7 70.5 63.6 December … 66.5 64.7 59.9 TOTALS … 780.5 799.4 796.8 *Figures of monthly sales of home-produced beef are not available, but very little home-produced beef is put into cold store. †5 week periods.
2. IMPORTS OF BEEF INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM '000 tons Description 1956 1957 1958 Fresh and Chilled … 265.8 276.0 242.7 Frozen … 166.9 177.9 154.6 TOTAL … 432.7 453.9 397.3