§ Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Food the total consumption of meat in Great Britain during the years 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1952, respectively; and how these amounts were distributed
Thousand Tons — 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1. CARCASE MEAT (a) Ration Quality: (i) General Butchers for domestic ration 1,066.40 1,078.8 1,020.70 972.9 1,157.80 815.6 950.0 (ii) General Butchers and small manufacturers for sausages, pies, etc 86.0 41.1 44.5 59.0 16.8 46.1 35.9 (iii) Caterers, canteens, hotels, etc 143.6 145.3 148.4 150.3 166.9 118.0 137.5 (iv) Institutions, including hospitals, prisons, etc. … 23.7 24.0 22.9 28.0 32.6 21.3 I24.8 (v) Miscellaneous, including Services, Ships' Stores, etc 61.9 45.1 29.6 26.2 28.3 31.7 35.2 1,381.6 1,334.3 1,266.1 1,236.4 1,402.4 1,032.7 1,183.4 (b) Manufacturing Quality: (i) Larger manufacturers of sausages, pies, canned meat, etc. (including General Butchers' manufacturing allowance in manufacturing quality meat) 136.2* 137.4* 144.2* 134.1* 279.5* 160.7* 192.6* (ii) Miscellaneous, including N.A.A.F.I. 13.6 7.9 6.7 6.1 5.2 20.2 11.7 149.8 145.3 150.9 140.2 284.7 180.9 204.3 Total Carcase Meat 1,531.4 1,479.6 1,417.0 1,376.6 1,687.1 1,213.6 1,387.7 * Includes manufacturing offal issued to manufacturers as part of their issue of manufacturing meat, amounting to approximately 3.0 5.0 8.2 8.6 11.0 7.8 8.7 2. CANNED CORNED MEAT (i) Domestic ration 113.0 123.4 71.8 39.7 51.0 27.7 — (ii) Caterers, canteens, hotels, etc 15.0 16.4 10.3 6.0 7.3 4.0 0.4 (iii) Institutions, including hospitals, prisons, etc 2.5 2.7 1.6 1.1 1.4 0.7 — (iv) Miscellaneous, including Services, Ships' Stores, manufacturing, etc. … 1.6 8.4 4.6 4.1 3.1 6.3 2.0 Total Canned Corned Meat 132.1 150.9 88.3 50.9 62.8 38.7 2.4