UK values its sex workers at ……..

The United Kingdom has for the first time, included in its set of national accounts the estimated contribution to GDP that prostitution and the sale of home-grown marijuana would have on this key statistic. Estimates put the number at approximately £12.27-billion, a sum bigger than value of wine and beer sales, although the estimates exclude the economic activity of male sex workers, who make up 42% of the oldest profession in the UK.