§ 70. Mr. Dyeasked the Minister of Food how much home grown wheat from the 1944 crop was purchased for flour milling. how much flour it is estimated was produced from the wheat; and what was the total of subsidy paid.
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§ Mr. Strachey2,277,000 tons of home grown wheat was delivered to the mills from the 1944 harvest and the quantity suitable for flour milling produced 1,766,000 tons of flour. The approximate total subsidy paid in respect of the 1944 wheat crop is estimated to be£12¼ million; this figure, which is based on ex-farm prices plus approved charges and estimated costs of milling and millers' profits, does not include the wheat acreage payments nor does it include the bread subsidy paid to bakers.
§ 71. Mr. Dyeasked the Minister of Food how much home grown wheat of the 1945 crop has, so far, been purchased for flour milling; and how much home grown barley has been purchased by his Department.
§ Mr. StracheyThe quantity of home grown wheat of the 1945 crop purchased for flour milling up to 29th June, 1946, was approximately 1,407,000 tons. Purchases by my Department, up to the same date, of barley from the 1945 crop, amounted to 530,000 tons.