HC Deb 16 March 1948 vol 448 cc238-45W
Mr. Driberg

asked the Minister of Food if he will publish in HANSARD a table showing the present scales of Service and civilian rations, including those allowed to special classes of workers and invalids, inmates of hospitals, prisons, etc., of all such commodities, including milk, as are also issued to the various categories of Poles who are still within the responsibility of His Majesty's Government.

Dr. Summerskill,

pursuant to her reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 3rd February, 1948, Vol. 446, c. 268], supplied the following information regarding weekly scales of rations and allowances of such commodities:

TABLE B.—INSTITUTIONS, (h)
Commodity Priority. Non-priority (i)
Residential Nurseries, Boarding Schools, Colleges, and students in hospitals (including student nurses), (i) Hospitals (other than students), (i) Hostels for workers licensed as Institutions. (i) (j)
Bacon 2 oz. 2 5/14 oz. 2 oz. 2 oz. 2 oz.
Fats 8 oz. 9 3/7 oz. 8 oz. 8 oz. 8 oz.
Sugar 8 oz. 8⅝ oz. 8 oz. 8 oz. 8 oz.
Meat Under 5 years, 6d. 1s. 4 2/7d. 1s. 0d. 1s. 0d. (c) 1s. 0d.
5. years and over, 1s. 0d.
Cheese 2, oz. 2 5/14 oz. 2 oz. 2 oz. 2 oz.
Preserves 4 oz. 4 5/7 oz. 4 oz. 4 oz. 4 oz.
Tea 2 oz. (if over 5 years). 2 oz. 2 oz. 2 oz; 2 oz. (g)
Bread Under 4 years, 5 B.U's. Males, 18⅔ B.U's. 9 B.U's. Males. Females. 9 B.U's.
Non-manual workers 9 9
4–5 years, 9 B U's. Females, 15⅔ B.U's. Manual workers l5 11
5 years and over, 10 B.U's. Miners 21 —
Points 6½ 8 6½ 6½ 6½
Potatoes Under 5 years, 1½ lb. 5½lb. 3 lb. 3 lb. 3 1b.
5 years and over, 3 lb.
Milk Under 5 years, 7 pts. Under 18 years, 3½ Pts. 7 pts. or more (according to complaint). 2 pts. 2 pts.
5 years and over, 3½ pts. 18 years and over, 2 pts.
Dried egg Under 5 years, ⅝ oz. 5/24 oz. 5/24 oz. 5/24 oz. Under 5 years, ⅝ oz.
5 years and over, 5/24 oz. 5 years and over, 5/24 oz.
Deep frying media (k). 1¾ oz. 1¾ oz. 1¾ oz. 1¾ oz. 1¾ oz.
National milk cocoa (1) — 6 oz. — 6 oz. —
Skimmed milk powder 7 oz. — 7 oz 7 oz. —
Starch food powder. 48/125 oz. — 48/125 oz. 48/125 oz. —
Cake and flour confectionery. — — Sugar and fats for 9¾ lb. per 100 residents. — —

TABLE C.—CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS, (m)
Industrial canteens and catering establishments. School canteens, feeding centres and day nurseries.
Commodity. Ordinary Catering Scale. "A." "B."
Bacon Per breakfast, 1\7 oz. Breakfast, 1/7 oz. Breakfast, 1/7 oz. Breakfast, 2/7 oz.
Per main meal, 1/14 oz. Main and packed,1/14 oz. Main and packed, 1/14 oz. Main, 1//7 oz.
Per subsidiary meal, 1/28 oz. Subsidiary, 1/28 oz. Subsidiary, 1/28 oz. Subsidiary, 1/14 oz.
Fats Per meal, 2/7 oz. (⅛ cooking fat, not more than ⅜ butter). Per meal, ½ oz. Per meal, ½ oz. Per meal, ½ oz.
Sugar Per meal, ⅛ oz. Per meal and hot beverage, 1/5 oz. Per meal and hot beverage, ⅛ oz. Per meal, 2/5 oz.
Per hot beverage, ⅛ oz. Per hot beverage, ⅛ oz.
Meat (excluding offal). Per main meal, 6/7d. Per main and packed meal, 3d. Per main and packed meal 1 2/7d. Per main meal, 2d.
Per main and packed meal in hostels other than miners, 2 5/14d.
Cheese Per meal, 1/14 oz. Per meal, 1/7 oz. Per meal, 1/7 oz. Per meal, 1/14 oz.
Per Oslo meal, 1 oz.
Preserves Per meal, 1/7 oz. Per meal, 1/7 oz. Per meal, 1/7 oz. Per meal, 1/5 oz.
Additional per packed meal, 2/7 oz. Additional per packed meal, 2/7 oz.
Tea Per 280 hot beverages, 1 lb. Per 280 hot beverages, 1 lb. Per 280 hot beverages, 1 lb. Per 280 hot beverages, 1 lb.
Dried Eggs Per 150 meals, 2 oz. Per 150 meals, 2 oz. Per 150 meals, 2 oz. Per 150 meals, 2 oz.
Milk-liquid Per 100 hot beverages, 6 pts. Per 100 hot beverages, 6 pts. Per 100 hot beverages, 6 pts. Per 100 main meals and hot beverages, 9 pts.
Bread Per meal, ⅓ B.U. Per meal, 1 B.U. Per meal, ⅓ B.U. Per meal, ⅓ B.U.
Points Main Meal, ¼3/2 Main and packed, ¼3/2 Main and packed, ¼3/2 Main meal, 7/8
Oslo meals, ¼3/2
Other meals, ⅛¾ All other meals, ⅛¾ All other meals, ⅛¾ Other meals, ⅛¾
Potatoes Per main meal, 3 3/7 oz. Per main meal, 12 oz. Per main meal, 12 oz. Per main meal, 12 oz.

TABLE D.—SEAMEN (HOLDING RATION BOOK R.B.6). (n)
Meat … … … … 75 oz. Tea … … 4 oz.
Sugar … … … … 21 oz. Preserves … … 8 oz.
Bacon … … … … 8 oz. Condensed Milk … … 1 tin
Fats … … … … 14½ oz. (not more 10½ oz. of buffer) Points … … 14
… … … … Bread … … 24 B.U's.
Cheese … … … … 4 oz. Potatoes … … 7 lb.

TABLE E.—ARMY HOME SERVICE, (o)
Men. Women.
Weekly scale effective from 14th February, 1948. Weekly scale effective from 15th May, 1948. Weekly scale effective from 14th February, 1948. Weekly scale effective from 15th May, 1948.
oz. oz. oz. oz.
Meat, fresh or frozen (bone in). 29 22¾ 22 17
Preserved Meat — — 1 2/5 1 2/5
Bacon 4½ 2½ 4 2
Sausages (Beef) 3½ 3½ 5¼ 3½
Fish, Fresh (uncleaned) 12¼ 12¼ 7 8¾
Tinned Fish 2⅝ 2⅝ 2⅝ 2⅝
Butter 2⅝ 3½ 3 3
Margarine 8 8¾ 7 7
Cheese 4⅜ 3½ 3 2½
Dried Egg — — 2⅝ 2⅝
Bread 73½ 77 56 63
Flour 17½ 7½ 12 3/5 12 3/5
Cake (Slab) 3½ 3½ — —
Jam 7 7 10½ 10½
Sugar 13 15 11 10
Milk, fresh 47¼ 47¼ 50¾ 50¾
(fluid) (fluid) (fluid) (fluid)
Skimmed Milk Powder 1¾ 1¾ 2⅝ 2⅝
Oatmeal 5¼ 5¼ 3 3
Semolina, Macaroni or Barley. 1¾ 1¾ 1¾ 1¾
Dried Fruit 5¼ 5¼ 5¼ 5¼
Potatoes (old) 84 84 77 77
Fresh Vegetables 36 36 50 2/5 50 2/5
Dried Peas, Beans or Lentils. 5¼ 5¼ — —
Tea 2 2 2 2
Cocoa 7/9 7/9 — —
Drinking Chocolate — — 1 2/5 1 2/5
Salt 2⅝ 2⅝ 2⅝ 2⅝
Ration Cash Allowance 2s. 2¼d. 2s. 7½d. 1s. 7¼d. 1s. 10¾d.

NOTES:
(a) The scale of rationed food for inmates of His Majesty's Prisons is the same as that for members of the general public, except that they receive a special allowance of 14 oz. potatoes daily, in order to prevent the calorific value of prison diet falling so much below the average for the rest of the population as to become insufficient.
(b) Certain classes of invalids receive in addition special allowances of foodstuffs in accordance with scales based on the recommendations of the Food Rationing (Special Diets) Advisory Committee of the Medical Research Council.
(c) Coal miners working underground are entitled to additional ration of 1s. 0d.
(d) Special cheese ration of 12 oz. with 6 extra B.U's is given to certain categories of workers without catering facilities.
(e) Miners—21 B.U's.

Adolescent male manual workers … … … … … 20 B.U's.
Adolescent female manual workers … … … … … 16 B.U's.
Other male manual workers … … … … … 15 B.U's.
Other female manual workers … … … … … 11 B.U's.

(f) Children over 5 years of age, 3 lb.
(g) 3 oz, for persons over 70.
(h) Institutions receive allowances for non-residents on same scale as ordinary catering establishments, with the addition of 1 oz. skimmed milk powder where meals are regularly taken.
(i) Any individual certified as a priority consumer, mainly on grounds of health, is entitled to allowances in accordance with the Priority schedule.
(j) Partial meals service only; hostels for workers serving all meals are licensed as catering establishments.

(k) Where approved deep frying equipment is installed.
(l) Available for persons up to 21 years of age not coming under the Milk-in-Schools Scheme.
(m) Where meals costing more than 2s. 3d. are served, one of the following cuts must be made:
(i) Bacon, cheese, points reduced by 17½ per cent.
(ii) Commodities other than tea, cooking fat, bread and milk reduced by 15 per cent.
(n) R.B.6 Ration Books are issued only to seamen who are regularly and consistently away at sea for continuous periods of a week or more. The scale of rations is based on that laid down in the Merchant Shipping Acts.
R.B.6 (Modified) Ration Books are issued to men serving on marine craft under conditions which keep them afloat for the greater part of the time and make it impracticable for them to be provided with normal catering facilities. The scale differs from the R.B.6 scale only in respect of meat and sugar, the allowances of which are 40 oz. and 16 oz. respectively.
(o) In the R.N. and R.A.F., which are on a cash system of messing, consumption of the nationally-rationed items is restricted to the quantities shown in the Army scale.