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Whisky: Scotland

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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 267258, tabled on 20 June 2019

Question

Martin Whitfield
Labour
East Lothian
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been employed by the Scotch Whisky industry in the last five years.

Answer

David Rutley
Conservative
Macclesfield
Commons

Answered on

25 June 2019

More than 10,500 people are directly employed in the Scotch Whisky industry in Scotland, and over 42,000 jobs across the UK are supported by the industry.

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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