§ 68. Mr. Osborneasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total consumption, and the consumption per head, in the United Kingdom for the years 1951 and 1958, respectively, of beef, mutton, pork, sugar, eggs and milk.
§ Mr. John HareConsumption of all the foods except liquid milk has increased since 1951; consumption of liquid milk has increased since pre-war and consumption in 1958 was higher than in 1957, The information is as follows:
ESTIMATED SUPPLIES MOVING INTO CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM — 1951 1958 (provisional) Beef and veal thousand tons 779 1,223 Mutton and Lamb thousand tons 351 536 Pork thousand tons 101 446 Sugar thousand tons 1,930 2,465 Eggs in shell thousand tons 552 691 Liquid milk million gallons 1,716 1,649 These estimates represent the following levels of consumption per head after allowing for changes in unrecorded stocks and for a certain amount of wastage in the course of distribution:—
ESTIMATED CONSUMPTION PER HEAD PER ANNUM — 1951 1958 (provisional) Beef and veal … 1b. 33.7 52.0 Mutton and lamb … 1b. 15.4 22.6 Pork … 1b. 4.5 19.2 Sugar … 1b. 94.1 113.9 Eggs in shell … 1b. 24.5 29.2 Liquid milk … gals. 33.7 31.5