Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the scale of the problems associated with excessive consumption of alcohol among students.

The Government’s Alcohol Strategy discussed the extent of alcohol misuse among students and the responsibilities of universities among others.

A new project designed to tackle the culture of binge drinking at universities across England and Wales has been launched by the Government and National Union of Students (NUS) in September 2014.

The NUS Alcohol Impact project supported by the Home Office and Public Health England, is developing an accreditation scheme for colleges and universities, to change student behaviours by creating a social norm of responsible alcohol consumption.

Public Health England is supporting the NUS on this project and is part of the Alcohol Impact Advisory Board. Currently seven institutions have signed up and are involved in piloting one or more innovative interventions on responsible alcohol consumption.