Question follow-through · 39711
Beer and Public Houses: Economic Situation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate her Department has made of the contribution of the (a) brewery, (b) distillery and (b) pub sector to the UK economy in the 2024-25 financial year.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate her Department has made of the contribution of the (a) brewery, (b) distillery and (b) pub sector to the UK economy in the 2024-25 financial year.
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
Pubs, brewers and distillers make a significant contribution to our economy, which is recognised in the tax system. According to the Office for National Statistics' 2023 Business Register and Employment Survey, there were a) 14,000 people employed in dist...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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