Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 35108

Whisky

Tabled: 3 March 2025

Answered: 10 March 2025

Question

Graham Leadbitter

Scottish National Party — Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the value of single malt English whisky to the economy.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

No formal assessment has been made by the department, but the English Whisky Guild forecast the volume of spirit produced by English distilleries to grow by 189% from 2019-2024. They forecast that there would be 50,000 maturing casks by 2024 with a value ...

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