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Sir H. Roper
asked the Minister of Food what was the total consumption of meat in Great Britain during the whole of 1950 and how this amount was divided between ration book holders, catering establishments, manufacturers, etc., respectively.
Mr. Webb
1,687,100 tons of all classes of carcase meat were consumed during 1950 in addition to 62,800 tons of canned corned meat. These amounts are estimated to have been distributed as follows:
| 1. CARCASE MEAT | |
| Tons'000 | |
| (a) Ration Quality: | |
| (i) General butchers for domesticration | 1,157·8 |
| (ii) General butchers and small manufacturers for sausages, pies, etc. | 16·8 |
| (iii) Caterers, canteens, hotels, etc. | 166·9 |
| (iv) Institutions, including hospitals, prisons, etc. | 32·6 |
| (v) Miscellaneous, including Armed Services, Ships'Stores, etc. | 28·3 |
| 1,402·4 | |
| (b) Manufacturing Quality: | |
| (i) Larger manufacturers of pies, sausages, canned meats, etc., including general butchers' manufacturing allowance in manufacturing quality meat) | *279·5 |
| (ii) Miscellaneous, including N.A.A.F.I. | 5·2 |
| 284·7 | |
| * Includes 11,000 tons of manufacturing offal issued to manufacturers as part of their issue of manufacturing meat. | |
| 2. CANNED CORNED MEAT | |
| (i) Domestic ration | 51·0 |
| (ii) Caterers, canteens, hotels, etc. | 7·3 |
| (iii) Institutions, including prisons, hospitals, etc. | 1·4 |
| (iv) Miscellaneous, Armed Services, Ships' Stores, etc., manufacturers etc. | 3·1 |
| 62·8 | |