§ Sir J. Gilmourasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which of the sugar factories in England have had the highest and lowest percentage of sugar in their beet deliveries during the period ended 31st October, 1964; and what has been the average sugar content of beet delivered to all English factories during this same period.
§ Mr. HoyI am informed by the British Sugar Corporation that the English factories with the highest and lowest percentage of sugar in beet delivered up to 2nd November, 1964—the date closest to 31st October for which figures are available—were:
The average sugar content for beet delivered to all English factories in the same period was 18.43 per cent.
- Felsted—19.57 per cent.
- Selby—17.64 per cent.