§ Mr. Peter Morrisonasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what was the weekly amount 208W spent on food by the average family in February 1974; and what it is now.
§ Mr. MaclennanAccording to the National Food Survey, a family of two adults and one or two children spent, on average, £2.78 per person per week on food during the first quarter of 1974; in the second quarter of 1976, the latest period for which information is available, it was £4.06 per person per week. In both periods, these families spent about a quarter of their money on food in the home.