HC Deb 09 February 1955 vol 536 c229W
Mr. C. I. Orr-Ewing

asked the Minister of Food the total subsidy provided for the 33 million bottles of orange juice distributed last year; and whether he will provide a table showing the amount of this subsidy in each financial or calendar year since 1946.

Mr. Amory

The subsidy for each year was as follows:

Year to Subsidy
£
31st March, 1947 2,642,712
31st March, 1948 2,268,298
31st March, 1949 1,645,921
31st March, 1950 1,894,988
31st March, 1951 1,883,465
31st March, 1952 1,631,834
31st March, 1953 2,171,532
31st March, 1954 1,727,458