Small Businesses: Beer

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of singleton breweries which produce between (a) 30,000 and 49,999, (b) 50,000 and 99,999, (c) 100,000 and 149,999 and (d) 150,000 and 200,000 hectolitres per year. (240644)

HM Revenue and Customs estimates the number of brewers in each category, in 2007, to be as follows:

*Number and percentage share of brewers, 2007*
Category	Number of brewers	Percentage of brewers
0-4,999 HL	592	86.8
5,000-29,999 HL	52	7.6
30,000-49,999 HL	4	0.6
50,000-99,999 HL	7	1.0
100,000-149,999 HL	6	0.9
150,000-199,999 HL	2	0.3
>200,000 HL	19	2.8
Total	682	100.00

Volume 485: debated on Monday 15 December 2008