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76.
Mr. Harrison
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give figures to show to what extent, over a representative range of commodities, he has been successful in increasing actual and relative supplies of utility articles, as compared with non-utility.
Mr. Bottomley
I give below the information requested regarding certain clothing and household textiles. As regards utility furniture, very detailed figures of actual supplies are published in the
| — | Total Supplies for home consumption (a) | Percentage of these supplies in Utility scheme | ||
| (1) | (2) | |||
| million | ||||
| Woven cloth for clothing:— | sq. yds. | |||
| Cotton and Linen | January-February, 1949 | … | 56·03 | 69 |
| January-February, 1948 | … | 64·72 | 76 | |
| Rayon and Nylon | January-February, 1949 | … | 36·38 | 70 |
| January-February, 1948 | … | 37·37 | 71 | |
| Wool | January-March, 1949 | … | 62·26 | 73 |
| January-March, 1948 | … | 55·80 | 73 | |
| Household textiles:— | Thousands | |||
| Towels | January-February, 1949 | … | 4,144 | 81 |
| January-February, 1948 | … | 4,420 | 83 | |
| Sheets | January-February, 1949 | … | 1,240 | 87 |
| January-February, 1948 | … | 1,551 | 91 | |
| Cotton blankets | January-February, 1949 | … | 1,297 | 90 |
| January-February, 1948 | … | 1,118 | 84 | |
| Wool blankets | January-March, 1949 | … | 1,283 | 97 |
| January-March, 1948 | … | 1,270 | 95 | |
| million pairs | ||||
| Footwear (other than rubber) | January-March, 1949 | … | 34·0 | 93 |
| January-March, 1948 | … | 31·6 | 51 | |
| £ million | ||||
| Hosiery (b) | January-February, 1949 | … | 14?8 | 90 |
| January-February, 1948 | … | 11·7 | 88 | |
| '000 articles | ||||
| Corsets and brassieres (c) | October, 1948-January, 1949 | 8,973 | 80 | |
| October, 1947-January, 1948 | … | 9,553 | 90 | |
| Mattresses | December, 1948-February, 1949 | … | 662 | 83 |
| December, 1947-February, 1948 | … | 715 | 73 | |
| (a) Including imports where these are significant. | ||||
| (b) Includes outerwear, underwear, socks and stockings, and garments made up from knitted fabric in the hosiery industry. | ||||
| (c) Surgical corsets, belts and brassieres have been omitted. | ||||