Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason a decision was taken to withdraw funding for the Paddington Alcohol Test programme at St Mary's Hospital NHS Trust.

We are advised that the Paddington Alcohol Test is an assessment tool for evaluating whether patients have alcohol-related problems.

We understand that the alcohol health worker at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington is commissioned by the Public Health Substance Misuse, Sexual Health and Offender Health Commissioning Team at Westminster City Council and has been provided by the organisation Turning Point.

For more information, the hon. Member may wish to contact the Public Health team at Westminster City Council.