HC Deb 16 January 1945 vol 407 c49W
Sir W. Smithers

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the latest figure of the annual amount found by the taxpayer to keep the cost of food prices at 68 points above the 1914 level.

Sir J. Anderson

The latest estimate of the cost of the food subsidies is that they are running at the rate of £218,000,000.