HC Deb 31 March 1965 vol 709 cc250-3W
Mr. Ogden

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is one week's ration of food in Her Majesty's Prisons for an adult woman prisoner and an adult male prisoner, respectively.

Miss Bacon

The following table gives the information:

Item Period Adult females Adult males
Bread 1 day 12 oz. 1 lb.*
Potatoes 1 day 14 oz. 1 lb.
Bacon 1 week 5 oz. 5 oz.
Barley 1 week 1½ oz. 1½ oz.
Cheese 1 week 4 oz. 4 oz.
Cocoa 1 week 1⅝ oz. 1⅝ oz.
Cornflakes 1 week 1½ oz.
Custard Powder 1 week ½ oz. ½ oz.
Dripping 1 week 4½ oz. 4½ oz.
Extras 1 week 1s. 1d. 1s. 1d.
Fish (Headless) 1 week 1 lb. 1 lb.
Flour 1 week 1 lb. 1 lb.
Fruit (Dried) 1 week 4 oz. 4 oz.
Jam 1 week 3 oz. 3 oz.
Marmalade 1 week 1 oz. 1 oz.
Margarine 1 week 8¾ oz. 8¾ oz.*
Preserved Meat 1 week 2 oz. 2 oz.
Sausage Meat 1 week 6 oz. 6 oz.
Milk 1 week 3½ pints 3½ pints
Rolled Oats 1 week 7½ oz. 10½ oz.*
Rice 1 week 1 oz. 1 oz.
Semolina or Sago 1 week 2 oz. 2 oz.
Sugar 1 week 16 oz. 16 oz.
Syrup 1 week 2 oz. 2 oz.
Tea 1 week 2 oz. 2 oz.
Vinegar 1 week ⅔ oz. ⅔ oz.
Vegetables Green 1 week 1 lb., 8 oz. 1 lb. 8 oz.
Carrots 1 week 10 oz. 10 oz.
Other Root Vegetables 1 week 4 oz. 4 oz.
Peas, Marrow Fat 1 week 2½ oz. 3½ oz.
Peas, Split 1 week 1½ oz. 1½ oz.
Beans, Haricot 1 week 2 oz. 4 oz.
Onions 1 week 3 oz. 3 oz.
Meat 1 week A cash amount sufficient to purchase 1¾ lbs.
* In central and regional prisons for men, where the physical demands made on prisoners are greater than in local prisons, the rations are: bread, 1 lb. 4 oz., margarine 12¼ oz., and rolled oats, 15¾ oz.

Mr. Ogden

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is an average week's menu in Her Majesty's Prisons for an adult woman prisoner and an adult male prisoner, respectively.

Miss Bacon

The following was a recent week's menu at Holloway prison for women:

Breakfast Dinner Tea Supper
Monday Tea, Bread Roast Beef Tea, Bread Soup
and Margarine Cabbage and Margarine Cocoa
(daily) Mashed Potatoes (daily)
Porridge Apple Tart Meat and Potato
Sausage and Custard Savoury
Tea Scone and Jam
Tuesday Apple Liver and Sausage Cheese Soup
Onions, Beans, Bread Pudding Cocoa
Mashed Potatoes Custard
Sago Pudding
Wednesday Cornflakes Fried Fish Boiled Egg Soup
and Milk Carrots Currant Bun Cocoa
Bacon Mashed Potatoes Dates
Steamed Ginger
Pudding
Syrup
Thursday Jam Mutton Chop Shepherds Pie Soup
Cabbage, Onions Chipped Potatoes Cocoa
Mashed Potatoes Rock Cake
Semolina Pudding
Friday Boiled Egg Fried Fish Fried Sausage Soup
Peas Spaghetti in Cocoa
Mashed Potatoes Tomato Sauce
Fruit Sponge
and Custard
Saturday Cornflakes Roast Pork Corned Mutton Soup
and Milk Stuffing Chipped Potatoes Cocoa
Banana Mashed Swede Chocolate Cake
Mashed Potatoes
Rice Pudding
Sunday Marmalade Roast Beef Ham with Soup
Yorkshire Pudding Scrambled Egg Cocoa
Roast Potatoes on Fried Bread
Cabbage Cake
Apple Tart
and Custard
Tea

The following was a recent week's menu at Pentonville prison for men:

Breakfast Dinner Tea Supper
Monday Tea, Bread Soup, Bread Roll Tea, Bread Fruit Scone
and Margarine Roast Beef and Margarine Cocoa
(daily) Yorkshire Pudding (daily)
Porridge Cabbage, Peas Fried Sausage
Beans in Roast Potatoes Mashed Potatoes
Tomato Sauce Sago Pudding
Fried Bread
Tuesday Corned Mutton Soup, Bread Roll Fried Fish Bread Roll
Jam Meat Pie Peas Cheese
Cabbage, Beans Cocoa
Mashed Potatoes
Pineapple
Blancmange
with Cream
Wednesday Bacon Savoury Soup, Bread Roll Boiled Bacon Rock Cake
Jam Roast Beef Pease Pudding Cocoa
Cabbage
Haricot Beans
Roast Potatoes
Syrup Pudding
and Caramel Sauce
Thursday Fried Sausage Soup, Bread Roll Meat Pie Liver Paste
Beans in Braised Liver Mashed Potatoes Cocoa
Tomato Sauce Stuffing
Cabbage and
Mashed Swede
Mashed Potatoes
Mince Slice and
Custard

Breakfast Dinner Tea Supper
Friday Bacon and Beans Soup, Bread Roll Cheese and Soup
Fried Fish Beetroot Bread Roll
Peas, Cabbage Fruit Bun Cocoa
Mashed Potatoes
Steamed Syrup
Pudding
Saturday Bacon Savoury Soup, Bread Roll Savoury Sausage Rock Cake
Jam Beef Stew and Beans Cocoa
Dumplings Banana
Cabbage and
Carrots
Mashed Potatoes
Jam and Coconut
Tart
Tea
Sunday Boiled Egg Soup, Bread Roll Boiled Ham Cheese
Marmalade Roast Beef Pease Pudding Roll
Yorkshire Pudding Fruit Cake Cocoa
Cabbage, Peas Orange
Roast Potatoes
Rice Pudding