Question reference: S6W-07186
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 10 March 2022
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Current status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 March 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much peat has been burned in Scotland in the process of making whisky, in order to flavour malting barley, in each of the last five years.
Answer
Whilst the volume of peat used within the whisky industry is understood to represent around 1% of all peat extracted in Scotland, the Scottish Government does not hold figures for the amount of peat burned annually by the whisky industry to flavour malting barley.