§ 54. Mr. Shersbyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the total amount of saccharin consumed in the United Kingdom for both domestic and manufacturing purposes for each of the last three years for which figures are available.
§ Sir G. HoweFigures of consumption are not available. The available information about imports and exports of saccharin and the sales by United Kingdom manufacturers of saccharin tablets is listed below:
SALES OF SACCHARIN TABLETS BY UNITED KINGDOM MANUFACTURERS £ million 1971 1.40 1972 1.23 1973 (January-March) 0.18 (provisional) Figures prior to 1971 and quantity figures are not available.
SACCHARIN AND ITS SALTS Imports Exports £ thousand kgs. £ thousand kgs. 1970 222 31,000 129 105,557 1971 259 34,933 104 86,151 1972 392 116,411 120 104,964 1973 (January-May) 328 169,525 60 45,149