HC Deb 21 November 1951 vol 494 cc48-50W
Mr. Peter Freeman

asked the Minister of Food what is the total quantity of food produced in this country and imported, respectively; within these two categories, how much of this total is animal foods or animal products and how much is all other types of food; and what is the amount consumed per annum per head of the population of each.

Major Lloyd George

Table I shows the proportion of each of the principal foods which were home-produced and imported into the United Kingdom in the

TABLE 1
HOME-PRODUCED AND IMPORTED SUPPLIES OF MAIN FOODSTUFFS IN 1950
Thousand tons
1950
Home-Produced (a) Imported Percentage of Total Supplies Home Produced
Wheat and flour (wheat equivalent) 1,595(b) 3,858 29
Oils and Fats (crude oil equivalent) 170 1,127 13
Sugar (refined value) 554 1,977 (c) 22
Carcase meat and offal 903 (d) 848 52
Canned corned meat (e) 47
Other canned meat (e) (10) 85 Included in carcase meat and offal
Bacon and ham (including canned) (e) 215 (g) 259 45
Fish (including canned and shell fish) 865 141 86
Butter 25 335 7
Cheese 55 154 26
Condensed milk (f) 140 27 84
Dried milk (whole and skimmed) 41 34 54
Shell eggs 524 116 82
Egg products (dried egg equivalent) 23
Dried fruit 148
Citrus fruit 420
Milk for human consumption as liquid 7,857 100
(million gallons) (1,708) (100)
Potatoes for human consumption 5,365 135 98
(a) Home production of livestock products includes production by self-suppliers, e.g. domestic pig keepers, pig clubs, domestic poultry keepers.
(b) Millers' receipts only.
(c) Including quantities of sugar imported for re-export.
(d) Home fed.
(e) Product weight.
(f) All types.
(g) Excluding production from imported frozen carcases.

TABLE II
FOOD SUPPLIES PER HEAD IN YEAR 1950–1951
Lb.
Dairy products 54.8
Meat (edible weight) 82.2
Fish, poultry, etc. 29.1
Eggs 29.7
Oils and Fats (fat content) 46.9
Sugar and syrup (sugar content) 84.8
Grain products 221.0
Fruit and tomatoes (fresh equivalent) 127.5
Potatoes 242.2
Other vegetables 109.3
Tea, coffee, cocoa 13.0
Pulses 10.8

year 1950. The quantities of each of the specified foods consumed per head of the population in the year to June, 1951, are shown in Table II.