§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the number of persons employed in the Scotch whisky industry at the latest available date and in May 1979, respectively.
§ 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 and 23,400 on average during 1979. These estimates are based on information from the census of employment in September 1981 and on the annual censuses of production of 1979 and 1981.