§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list each bonded warehouse licensed by Customs and Excise which stocks spirits, including(a) geographic location and (b) gross volume turnover of spirits for each financial year since 1994. [155841]
§ John HealeyCustoms and Excise approve warehouses to stock excise goods in duty-suspension. Quantities of spirits released for consumption in the UK, and UK production volumes, are published in Customs' Annual Report. Details of individual warehouses are not available; Exemptions 6 (Effective management of the economy and collection of tax) and 13 (Third party's commercial confidences) of the Open Government Code apply.
The numbers of excise warehouses approved to stock alcoholic drinks which may include spirits, in each country of the United Kingdom are shown in the following table.
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country Approved warehouses England 467 Scotland 213 Northern Ireland 32 Wales 21 The more detailed data requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.