64.
asked the Minister of Food the number of staff engaged on the control and direction of the allocation of rationed meat to catering establishments.
No staff are engaged solely on this work which forms a small part of the rationing arrangements.
65.
asked the Minister of Food the total amount of meat allocated to catering establishments, industrial canteens, school meal services and domestic ration book users in any stated week, giving money and weight values in each instance, separately.
It is estimated that the distribution of meat during the week ended 9th February, 1951, as between industrial canteens, schools, civic restaurants and staff dining rooms, commercial caterers, institutions, and the domestic ration was as follows:
| — | £ | Tons |
| Industrial Canteens | 102,080 | 732 |
| School Canteens and Day Nurseries | 142,490 | 1,022 |
| Civic Restaurants and Staff Dining Rooms | 8,510 | 61 |
| Commercial Caterers | 74,435 | 534 |
| Total Catering Establishments | 327,515 | 2,349 |
| Institutions | 42,534 | 305 |
| Domestic Ration | 1,756,669 | 12,596 |
| Total Allocations | 2,126,718 | 15,250 |
66.
asked the Minister of Food the number of catering establishments registered with his Department for the purposes of receiving rationed allocations of meat in each of the following: hotels, restaurants, cafés, etc., industrial canteens, and school meal service.
On 7th October, 1950, the latest date for which information is available, the following establishments were entitled to obtain meat:—
| Hotels | 32,856 |
| Civic Restaurants | 406 |
| Industrial Canteens and Hostels | 40,299 |
| Day Schools and Day Nurseries | 24,427 |
| 97,988 |