HC Deb 10 December 1956 vol 562 c6W
63. Mr. Wiley

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will now state the monthly average retail prices of beef for November, 1955, and for each month until the latest available month.

Mr. H. Nicholls

For the last four quarters the average prices per lb. of household purchases of beef and veal, as ascertained by The National Food Survey, were as follows:

Pence per lb.
4th quarter, 1955 42.8
1st quarter, 1956 41.7
2nd quarter, 1956 42.5
3rd quarter, 1956 42.1

The figures do not distinguish between home produced and imported, nor do they take acount of variations in the proportions of different types of meat bought at different times.