HC Deb 19 June 1947 vol 438 c250W
Commander Noble

asked the Minister of Food what proportion of the available supply of fats is at present going to the cake-making trade as compared with the wartime practice.

Mr. Strachey

From 1940 to 1943 the cake and biscuit trade took 22.1 per cent. of the total consumption of edible fats; and from 1943 to 1945, 18.9 per cent. Their present allocation represents 18.7 per cent. of the total.