§ Lieut.-Commander Braithwaiteasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what was the total quantity of spirits made at home during the year ended 31st March. 1949; and how much was made in distilleries using malt only, how much 179W in distilleries using malt and other cereals, how much was distilled from imported high spirit for gin making, and how much was industrial and methylated spirit.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallThe total production of spirits in the United Kingdom during the year ended 31st March, 1949, was 94,099,100 proof gallons. It is not possible, without an undue amount of work, to subdivide this total on the lines suggested in the second part of the Question. Separate figures for the quantities produced during the year ended 30th September, 1949, at distilleries using (a) malt only, (b) malt and other materials, and (c) molasses only, will be available by January.