Question follow-through · 35106
Whisky
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the value of single malt Scotch whisky to the economy.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the value of single malt Scotch whisky to the economy.
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2025
Answer published
No formal assessment has been made by the department, but a report by the Scotch Whisky Association, using figures from industry and the Government from production to employment, concluded that Scotch Whisky’s contribution to the UK economy reached £7.1 b...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her decision to agree to the English Whisky Guild application for a Geographical Indication for English Whisky on distilleries in Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey constituency.
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15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she had discussions with the Scottish Government before announcing the decision to agree to the English Whisky Guild application for a Geographical Indication for English Whisky.
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15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an impact assessment of the decision to agree to the English Whisky Guild application for a Geographical Indication for English Whisky on the Scotch Whisky sector and the Single Malt Scotch Whisky category.