§ Mr. F. Willeyasked the Minister of Food how the food subsidy during the financial year 1951–52 was split between the various commodities.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeThe table below lists the foodstuffs subsidised in 1951–52 and gives the estimated amount of the subsidy on each:
£m. Bacon … 44.6 Bread and flour … 81.9 Shell eggs … 27.0 Meat … 46.9 Milk … 52.2 Butter … 24.5 Cheese … 18.2 Margarine (domestic) … 14.9 Lard and Cooking Fat … 6.4 Sugar (domestic) … 9.3 Tea … 14.1 Miscellaneous (Credit) [8.0] Welfare and Milk in Schools Schemes … 40.8 Animal Feeding Stuffs … 24.5 TOTAL SUBSIDIES ADMINISTERED BY MINISTRY OF FOOD … 397.3 £m Add: Subsidies administered by other Departments— Attested Herds Scheme 8.0 Fertiliser Subsidy 8.4 White Fish Subsidy 1.6 — 18.0 TOTAL FOOD SUBSIDIES 415.3