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104.
Mr. Bottomley
asked the Minister of Food whether the supply of tinplate for the canning of the salmon and crab we
| — | Pre-war average | Per cent. of total supplies provided by home production | |||
| 1945 | 1951 | ||||
| Wheat and Flour (as wheat equivalent) | … | … | 12 | 32 | 24 |
| Oils and Fats (crude oil equivalent) | … | … | 16 | 6 | 11 |
| Sugar (refined value) | … | … | 16 | 31 | 23 |
| Carcase Meat and Offal | … | … | 50 | 50 | 65 |
| Bacon and Ham (including canned) | … | … | 34 | 34 | 43 |
| Fish (including canned and shell fish) | … | … | 85 | 64 | 84 |
| Butter | … | … | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| Cheese | … | … | 24 | 10 | 18 |
| Condensed Milk | … | … | 70 | 59 | 63 |
| Dried Milk (whole and skimmed) | … | … | 59 | 49 | 43 |
| Shell Eggs | … | … | 71 | 87 | 87 |
| Milk for human consumption (as liquid) | … | … | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Potatoes for human consumption | … | … | 94 | 100 | 97 |
| The pre-war average figures are for the years 1936–37 to 1938–39, with the exception of oils and fats and fish which are for the years 1934–38. | |||||