§ Mr. ALLEN PARKINSONasked the Minister of Food what is the estimated quantity of flour used annually in the United Kingdom for purposes other than the making of bread; and what is the equivalent in grain?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONThe total quantity of flour consumed annually in the United Kingdom is estimated approximately at 5,250,000 tons. No exact data are available as to the proportion of this amount that is used in the preparation of foodstuffs other than bread and for industrial purposes, but it is estimated that about six-sevenths of the total is used for bread-making, leaving for all other purposes an annual quantity of 750,000 tons of flour. The rate of extraction, of course, varies, but at 75 per cent.410W extraction this is equivalent to 1,000,000 tons of wheat.