§ Mr. Stodartasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the estimated amount of meat and poultry, calculated as carcase weight, consumed per head of the United Kingdom population during 1960 and 1961, respectively.
Mr. VaneThe following table gives the detailed estimates for 1960 and 1961, together with revised estimates for 1959:
—— lb. per head per annum 1959 (revised) 1960 1961 (provisional) Beef—bone in (dressed carcase weight) 42.6 45.6 47.1 Beef—bone out (dressed carcase weight) 2.3 2.0 1.7 Mutton and lamb (dressed carcase weight) 25.0 24.6 24.6 Pork (dressed carcase weight) 18.3 18.1 18.6 Offal (product weight) 8.7 9.1 9.6 Canned meat (imported—product weight) 8.9 8.6 8.5 Bacon and Ham (side weight) 25.2 25.9 25.3 Total meat and bacon (edible weight) 111.3 113.5 114.9 Poultry (plucked and drawn weight) 11.2 12.4 14.7 Game and rabbits (product weight) 0.6 0.6 0.6 Total meat, bacon, game and poultry (edible weight) 119.6 122.7 125.7