§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food the number of British Restaurants in operation in Stoke-on-Trent, Sheffield, Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester, Barrow, Birmingham, Croydon, Sunderland, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Salford, Liverpool and the Lancashire boroughs and the numbers for each place that are being prepared?
§ Mr. MabaneAt the end of January, 1943, the number of British Restaurants operating and the number approved but not yet operating in the town mentioned by my hon. Friend were as follow:1754W
Number of British Restaurants. Operating. Approved but not yet operating. Stoke-on-Trent … 9 1 Sheffield … 7 — Bristol … 8 2 Glasgow … 10 — Manchester … 11 — Barrow … 5 — Birmingham … 35 14 Croydon … 19 — Sunderland … 7 — Newcastle-on-Tyne … 30 — Salford … 1 — Liverpool … 10 1 Accrington … 1 — Ashton-under-Lyne … 2 — Bacup … 1 1 Blackburn … 1 — Blackpool … — — Bolton … 2 — Bootle … 5 — Burnley … 5 1 Bury … 1 — Chorley … 1 — Clitheroe … 1 — Colne … — — Crosby … 3 — Darwen … 1 Eccles … — — Farnworth … — Fleetwood … 1 — Haslingden … 2 — Haywood … 1 — Lancaster … 1 — Leigh … — 1 Lytham St. Annes … — — Middleton … 1 — Morecambe … — — Mossley … — — Nelson … 2 2 Oldham … 3 1 Preston … 5 — Prestwich … 1 — Radcliffe … 1 — Rawtensall … — — Rochdale … 1 1 St. Helens … — 1: Southport … 3 — Stretford … 3 —. Swinton … — 2 Warrington … 2 — Widnes … 1 — Wigan … 1 —
§ Mr. Smithasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food the number of British Restaurants provided per 30,000 of the population in Stoke-on-Trent, Birmingham, Manchester, Croydon, Sheffield, Bristol, Glasgow, Salford, Liverpool, Barrow and Blackburn?
§ Mr. MabaneAt the end of January, 1943, the number of British Restaurants operating in the towns mentioned, per 30,000 of the population as shown by the 1931 census, was as follows: 1755W
Stoke-on-Trent … … 1 Birmingham … … 1 Manchester … … 0.4 Croydon … … 2.5 Sheffield … … 0.4 Bristol … … 0.6 Glasgow … … 0.3 Salford … … 0.1 Liverpool … … 0.4 Barrow … … 2 Blackburn … … 0.3