Government's alcohol consumption revealed

THE Government consumed more than 5,500 bottles of wine and spirits in the past two years, new figures have shown.

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A biennial report on the Government's wine cellar, published on Thursday, showed the Government consumed 2,813 bottles in 2022-23 and another 2,713 in 2023-24.

But the figures are still well down on pre-pandemic levels, when consumption ran at well over 3,000 bottles a year.