HC Deb 26 October 1950 vol 478 c400W
28. Mr. Cooper-Key

asked the Minister of Food whether he will give the estimated figures for 1950 and 1951 for the respective percentages of the pig population to go for pork and for bacon, as compared with the years 1939, 1945 and 1949.

Mr. Webb

The figures for commercial pie marketings in Great Britain are:

Year Percentage of total pigs used for bacon Percentage of total pigs used for other purposes
1939 … 42 58
1945 … 82 18
1949 … 88 12
1950 (estd.) 32 18

It is not yet possible to give a reliable estimate for the year 1951.