Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Friday, 19 February 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 February 2021. It was answered by Kemi Badenoch (Conservative) on Monday, 1 March 2021 on behalf of the Treasury.
Beer: Small Businesses
- Question
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the number of jobs created by the brewing sector compared with the (a) wine and (b) spirits sectors.
- Answer
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes its yearly Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) which provides annual employee and employment estimates for Great Britain and UK split by sectors. You can see the latest published data from November 2020 at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/industry235digitsicbusinessregisterandemploymentsurveybrestable2.
It estimates that in 2019 in Great Britain there were 45,900 employees that were employed in the manufacturing of beverages. There were an estimated 16,600 employees that were employed in the manufacturing of beer. This compares to 1,300 in the manufacturing of wine, and 10,800 in distilling, rectifying and blending spirits.
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- 154836
- Session
- 2019-21
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- Beer Employment Small businesses
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