Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Food – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 February 1954.
| SOME RETAIL PRICES OF BACON | |||||||||||
| — | November, 1951 | December, 1953, to date | Highest Intervening Price October, 1952–August, 1953 | ||||||||
| UNCOOKED AND BONELESS (in slices or pieces): | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |||||
| Fore-end or shoulder | … | … | Unsmoked | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Smoked | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Middle | … | … | … | … | Unsmoked | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| Smoked | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Gammon or ham | … | … | Unsmoked | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Smoked | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |||||
| Streak or belly: | |||||||||||
| thin | … | … | … | … | Unsmoked | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | |
| Smoked | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| thick | … | … | … | … | Unsmoked | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Smoked | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Back | … | … | … | … | Unsmoked | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Smoked | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | |||||
| COOKED, BONELESS AND SKINLESS: | |||||||||||
| Gammon or ham (in slices or pieces) | … | —* | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Whole gammon or ham | … | … | … | —* | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||
| * Although subsidisedprices were prescribed for cooked gammon in slices or whole (4s. 2d. and 3s. 6d. respectively) in November, 1951, there were no supplies and high prices (10s. to 12s. per lb.) were obtained for canned ham. | |||||||||||
