Enemy And Enemy-Occupied Countries (Food Rations)

Mr. W. Roberts

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Warfare what are the official rations in Germany, Italy and occupied and satellite countries; and how far such rations are actually available?

The information for which my hon. Friend asks is contained in the attached table.

AVERAGE WEEKLY RATIONS OF PRINCIPAL FOODSTUFFS IN ENEMY AND ENEMY OCCUPIED COUNTRIES. (In ounces.)
N.C.=Normal Consumer. L.W.=Light Worker. N.W.=Night Worker. H.W.=Heavy Worker. V.H.W.=Very Heavy Worker. Ch.=Children. Ad.=Adolescents.
Country	Bread		Meat	Fats	Sugar		Potatoes	Whole Milk (pints)		Remarks
Germany	N.C.	80	12½	7	8		140 Miners 175	Nil		Rations always obtainable.
	N.W.	100	19½	8				Nil
	H.W.	129	25	10½				Nil
	V.H.W.	164	33½	20				Nil
	Ch. under 3	39	7	4½				9
	Ch. 3–6	42	7	6½				6
	Ch. 6–10	60	14	9½				3
	Ad. 10–20	92	14	9½				Nil
Protectorate	N.C.	80	12½	6	9		122	Nil		Rations generally obtainable.
	N.W.	100	19½	7				Nil
	H.W.	129	25	10½				Nil
	V.H.W.	164	33½	20				Nil
	Ch. under3	39	7	4½				6
	Ch. 3–6	42	7	6½				6
	Ch. 6–10	60	14	6½				6
	Ad. 10–20	92	14	6				Nil
Italy	N.C.	37	Northern 6 to 7 Southern 5	3½	N.C.	4½	17½	Locally rationed. Priority to children, sick, nursing mothers.		Rations not always obtainable in some districts. Local supply conditions vary considerably.
	L.W.	62			Ch. under3	9
	H.W.	86			Ch. and Ad.3–18	5½
	V.H.W.	100			Ch. and Ad.3–18	5½
Netherlands	N.C.	63	4½	5	9		140		Nil	Rations generally obtainable.
	H.W.	95	10½	7½			210		Nil
	V.H.W.	126	17½	15½			280		Nil
	Ch. under4	32	4½	3			70		9
	Ad. 14–20	77	4½	6			140	Ch. 4–14	4½
Norway	N.C.	64	Locally rationed. H.W. 10½	7½	7		105		Nil	Sugar or particularly fats not always available. Milk some-times in short supply in certain towns.
	H.W.	87		8½			131		Nil
	V.H.W.cat.1	104		10			158		Nil
	V.H.W. cat. 2	119		11			184		Nil
	Ch. under 2	32		7½			105		9
	Ch. 2–5	40		7½			105		9
	Ad. 12–20	72		7½			105	Ch.5–15	6
								Ad. 16–18	3
								+3pts. Skimmed

Country

Bread

Meat

Fats

Sugar

Potatoes

Whole Milk (pints)

Remarks

Belgium

…

N.C.

55

7½

3

8

122

Formerly meat, fats and potatoes not regularly available. Rations now generally obtainable, except milk for older children in large towns.

L.W.

71

10½

5

Ch. under 3

9

H.W.

86

12½

7½

Ch. 3–6

6

V.H.W.

103

15

10

Ch. 6–14

3

Miners

134

17½

24

Denmark

…

N.C.

82

Unrationed

Rations always obtainable.

H. W.

106

N.C.

10½

N.C.

13

V.H.W.

130

Fishermen

16

Fishermen

17½

Ch. under 6

41

France

…

N.C.

68

N.C.

4½

Urban

Rural

The recently reduced rations of meat and fats now generally obtainable, formerly very irregular. Milk scarce in certain departments.

H.W.

87

H.W.

8

N.C.

2½

2

N.C.

4½

Locally rationed

Ch. under 6

9

Engine drivers

122

V.H.W.

11½

H.W.

5

4½

Ch. under 3

9

Ch. under 6–14

3

Miners

147

Engine drivers

14

V.H.W.

8

7

Ad. 13–21

6½

Ch. under 3

25

Miners

18½

Ch. under 3–6

49

Ad. 13–21

7½

Ch. under 6–13

68

Ch. under 13–21

87

Finland

…

N.C.

61

By value

N.C.

4½

2

N.C.

87

N.C.

3½

Except bread and potatoes, rations frequently unobtainable.

H.W.cat. 1

74

F. Marks

H.W.

5½

Non-workers

H.W. and V.H.W.

122

Ch. under 3

12

H.W.cat. 2

98

N.C.

4.80

V.H.W.

6½

4

Ch. under 3–14

7

V.H.W.

122

H.W.

7.20

Ch. under 7

6½

Ch. under 3

37

V.H.W.

9.60

Ch. under 4–12

49

Slovakia

…

Bread

Flour

N.C.

37

12½

N.C.

14

N.C.

2

Urban

Rural

105

Rations obtainable.

H.W.

47

12½

H.W. and

N.C.

8

6

N.C.

1½

V.H.W.

73

25

V.H.W.

21

V.H.W.

4½

Ch. under

Ch. under 1

9

(margarine)

10

12½

10½

Ch. under 1–14

6

Ch.

4½

Sick

2½

Sick

2

(butter)

Country

Bread

Meat

Fats

Sugar

Potatoes

Whole Milk (pints)

Remarks

Hungary

…

N.C.

39

17½

5

Urban

Rural

35

Ch. under 3

9

Rations obtainable.

H.W.

68

8

N.C. … 9

3–4½

Ch. 3–14

6

V.H.W.

108

8

Bulgaria

…

N.C.

62

17½

Unrationed

Rations probably obtainable.

H.W.

124

9 (lard and oil)

V.H.W.

153

Ch. under 5 (butter)

3½

9

Ch. under 1

9

Ch. under 1

31

Ch. 1–5

6

Ch.1–5

43

Rumania.—Rationing in Bucharest only. Bread N.C. 79, H.W. 158, Meat 9, Sugar 5½, Fats 4½.Rations believed to be obtainable.

Yugoslavia—Croatia.—Bread 37, Meat 5½, Sugar 2½, Fats 3, Potatoes 74, Milk Ch. under 2 9, Ch. 2–5 6, Serbia—Bread 78, Meat 4½, Sugar 5½, Fats 3. Rations for the most part believed to be unobtainable.

Poland.—No uniform rationing. In Incorporated Territories, Germans and so-called "loyal" Poles get same rations as in Reich: Jews and Poles get about half as much. In General Government, rations for Germans same as in Reich. Poles get less. Jews in ghettos get starvation rations.

Greece.—Bread is rationed at 44 ounces—since relief shipments, rations usually available.

Volume 388: debated on Thursday 22 April 1943