§ Flight-Lieutenant Ethertonasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what is the number at the last convenient date of British Restaurants now open; and will he give a list of towns, set out regionally, showing the dates when restaurants were opened thereat?
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe number of British Restaurants in operation at the 31st October, 1941, was 1,148. This number includes, in addition to British Restaurants operated under the auspices of the Ministry of Food, centres established by local authorities on their own responsibility and centres established by voluntary organisations. I will, with permission, place in the Library of the House a copy of a statement giving the particulars asked for in the latter part of my hon. and gallant Friend's Question. It would not be possible, however, to give the date on which each restaurant was opened without considerable inquiry and I trust my hon. and gallant Friend will agree to dispense with this information. The statement will include names of the places for which plans for British Restaurants have been approved but where the restaurants are not yet in operation, and the names of places for which proposed schemes for British Restaurants are in various stages of consideration.