§ Mr. Peter Freemanasked 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.
49W
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeTable 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. 50W
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.