§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are currently employed in the alcoholic drink producing and distributing industries in England and Wales.
§ Mr. GoldingThe Department's employment statistics are analysed according to the Minimum List Headings (MLH) of the Standard Industrial Classification. This identifies separately the production of alcoholic drink. It also identifies public houses. However, activities relating to the distribution of alcoholic drink other than in public houses form a part only of several Minimum List Headings and consequently the numbers of employees involved cannot be identified separately.
At June 1975, the latest date for which detailed employment information is available for England and Wales, there were 64,200 employees in employment in brewing and malting (MLH 231), 10,300 employed in "other drink industries" (MLH 239) which covers wines and spirits, and 208,100 employees in public houses (MLH 886).