Stockfeed Potatoes (Losses)

HC Deb 07 May 1952 vol 500 c28W

57. Mr. Osborne

asked the Minister of Food what have been the losses on potatoes used for stockfeeding for each year separately since 1945.

Dr. Hill

Separate figures are not available for the 1945 and 1946 crops. Subsequently the losses on stockfeed potatoes, including those processed for this purpose, have been:

			£
1947 crops	…	…	750,000
1948 crops	…	…	15,483,000
1949 crops	…	…	2,656,000
1950 crops	…	…	5,010,000
1951 crops(about)	…	3,500,000