Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the value of gin produced in Wales to the economy.

The UK has a vibrant and successful Gin industry, with exports in excess of £530 million in 2024. The department has not made a formal estimate of the value of gin produced in Wales, but industry reports that the number of active gin distilleries in Wales has grown rapidly from 5 distilleries in 2017 to over 30 in 2024. Office for National Statistics data published in 2024 also shows that distilling supports over 250 jobs in Wales.

Earlier this year we were pleased to grant protected status to Dovey Native Botanical Gin, produced in Machynlleth.