§ 92. Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Food the estimated subsidies, given separately, for each subsidised commodity for the purpose of the Supplementary Estimate, dated 7th February, 1955.
Dr. HillFollowing is the information:
Commodity Current Subsidy £m. £m. Imported bacon (6.6) Imported meat 0.1 Fatstock: cattle 10.8 Sheep 12.2 pigs for pork and bacon 58.8 Home-grown cereals 46.4 Eggs and egg products 28.9 Milk products 5.3 Potatoes 11.0 Sugar 3.2 Bread 31.1 Milk 38.7 Oils and fats 5.8 Miscellaneous (0.3) Welfare schemes: welfare foods 5.9 National milk 30.1 milk-in-schools 5.0 Total subsidies administered by Ministry of Food 286.4 [NOTE: The figures in brackets represent estimated trading profits.]