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133.
Mr. P. Wells
asked the Minister of Works what was the number of bricks produced in Kent brickfields each year since 1945.
Mr. Stokes
The totals in millions were 132 in 1947, 133 in 1948, 157 in 1949 and 162 in 1950. I regret that figures before 1947 are not available.
| KENT STOCK BRICKS | |||||||||||||
| Ex Works Prices | |||||||||||||
| Date | Grades | ||||||||||||
| First Hard Stocks | Second Hard Stocks | Mild Stocks | Roughs | Commons | |||||||||
| (Prices per 1,000) | |||||||||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||||
| 1939 | … | … | … | 80 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 56 | 6 | 54 | 6 | 40 | 0 |
| 1940 | … | … | … | 82 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 56 | 6 | 58 | 0 | 42 | 6 |
| 1941 | … | … | … | 85 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 56 | 6 | 58 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| 1942 | … | … | … | 93 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 57 | 6 |
| 1943 | … | … | … | 96 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 63 | 0 |
| 1944 | … | … | … | 102 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 63 | 0 |
| 1945 | … | … | … | 120 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 79 | 9 | 70 | 9 |
| 1946 | … | … | … | 130 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 105 | 0 | 84 | 9 | 75 | 9 |
| 1947 | … | … | … | 150 | 0 | 140 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 83 | 9 | 74 | 9 |
| 1948 | … | … | … | 175 | 0 | 160 | 0 | 130 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 78 | 0 |
| 1949 | … | … | … | 185 | 0 | 175 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 78 | 0 |
| 1950 | … | … | … | 185 | 0 | 175 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 78 | 0 |
| 1951 (January) | … | … | … | 192 | 6 | 182 | 6 | 157 | 6 | 105 | 6 | 80 | 0 |
| 1951 (February) (Prices at 16th February, 1951) | … | … | 198 | 6 | 188 | 6 | 163 | 6 | 111 | 6 | 80 | 0 | |