§ 27. Mr. Bill Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobs have been lost in the Scotch whisky industry in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Allan StewartInformation in the form requested is not available, but the estimated changes in the numbers employed in each of the years 1974 to 1982 from each previous year, in the spirit distilling and compounding industry in Scotland, are +2,600, -1,200, -500, +500, +1,300, 0, -700, -2,000 and -1,900 respectively. Estimates for the years to 1978 are based on the annual census of employment; those for the later years shown are based on the annual census of production. Estimates for 1983, 1984 and 1985 are not available.