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Written Question
Government Departments: Wines
Friday 18th September 2020

Asked by: Andrew Griffith (Conservative - Arundel and South Downs)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the Government Wine Cellar is (a) English wine and (b) wine from other countries.

Answered by Wendy Morton - Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

English wine made up approximately 10% of the overall stock of the Government Hospitality wine cellar as of 31st March 2020. Wines from other countries constituted about 88% of the cellar stock.

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