§ 21. Mr. Mylesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people are employed in the Scotch whisky distilling industry in Scotland.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherInformation in the form requested is not available, but a provisional estimate of the number employed in the spirit distilling and compounding industry in Scotland is 21,000 in September 1981. This estimate is based on information from the census of employment in September 1981 and on the 1981 annual census of production.