Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
(asked on 9th February 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of alcohol-related harm in each of the last 10 years.
This question was answered on 24th February 2015
Estimates have been made of the cost to the National Health Service of alcohol related harm at around £2.7 billion per year in 2006-07 and £3.5 billion per year in 2009-10.
Work is ongoing to produce estimates for more recent years.