HC Deb 22 January 1948 vol 446 c59W
87. Mr. Joynson-Hicks

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the individual daily potato ration of the female detainees at Aylesbury Prison; whether the detainees eat their total ration; and to what extent the ration has been reduced since the introduction of potato rationing to the public.

Mr. Ede

On the introduction of potato rationing the daily allowance of potatoes for women convicts in Aylesbury Prison was reduced from 1 lb. 8 oz. to 1 lb. 4 oz. There is no waste. With this extra allowance of potatoes the calorific value of the diet for women prisoners is 2,510 as against an average of 2,700 for the whole population.