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Mr. Lewis
asked the Minister of Food the non-take up of all rationed foods for each monthly period since the date when these figures were last published.
Major Lloyd George
The following table shows for recent ration periods the extent to which deliveries of rationed
UNDER-DELIVERIES OF RATIONED FOODS. SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1953 | ||||||||||
NOTE: The symbol + indicates deliveries in excess of entitlement on the four-weekly basis. | ||||||||||
Four-week Period ended | Bacon (a) | Meat | Butter | |||||||
'000 tons | Percent. | Equivalent rations million | '000 tons | Percent | Equivalent rations million | '000 tons | Percent. | Equivalent rations million | ||
3rd October | … | 1·8 | 5 | 2·7 | +4·0 | +3 | 2·0 | 2·1 | 8 | 4·6 |
31st October | … | 5·5 | 14 | 8·1 | 1·8 | 1 | 0·9 | 0·8 | 3 | 1·8 |
28th November | 4·8 | 13 | 7·1 | +1·6 | +1 | +0·8 | 0·7 | 3 | 1·9 | |
26th December | ||||||||||
(provisional) | 4·1 | 11 | 6·0 | 2·5 | 2 | 1·3 | 0·5 | 3 | 1·5 |
Four-week Period ended | Margarine | Cooking Fat | Cheese | |||||||
'000 tons | Percent. | Equivalent rations million | '000 tons | Percent. | Equivalent rations million | '000 tons | Percent. | Equivalent rations million | ||
3rd October | … | 5·6 | 21 | 12·4 | 4·0 | 31 | 17·6 | 1·3 | 11 | 7·4 |
31st October | … | 1·9 | 7 | 4·3 | 1·9 | 14 | 8·1 | 0·8 | 6 | 4·2 |
28th November | 4·6 | 14 | 8·2 | 1·4 | 10 | 5·9 | 3·3 | 20 | 13·5 | |
26th December | ||||||||||
(provisional) | 3·8 | 11 | 6·7 | 1·3 | 10 | 5·7 | 5·3 | 24 | 14·5 |
(a) Deliveries of unrationed Category C bacon were as follows:— | ||||
'000 tons | ||||
Period to 3rd October | … | … | … | 9·8 |
Period to 31st October | … | … | … | 8·6 |
Period to 28th November | … | … | … | 8·2 |
Period to 26th December | … | … | … | 7·4 |