Spirits
Commons · Question 78323 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Carolyn Harris
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the value of the UK spirits sector to the economy in (a) employment, (b) exports and (c) tax revenue.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 17 Oct 2025
(a) The Office for National Statistics' Business Register and Employment Survey (2023 edition) estimates total (part-time and full-time) employment in Great Britain for the Distilling; rectifying and blending of spirits industry is 13,700 workers. (b) HMR...