PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Government Hospitality: Wines (11 September 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans the Government Wine Cellar has to increase its proportion of English wine purchases.
Asked by:
Andrew Griffith (Conservative)
Asked by:
Andrew Griffith (Conservative)
Answer
The proportion of English wines purchased for the Government Hospitality wine cellar varies year on year, but generally increases eg. in 2018-19 49% of the wine purchased was English or Welsh. In 2019-20 that proportion increased to 73% of the wine purchased.
Answered by:
Wendy Morton (Conservative)
21 September 2020
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