Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many alcohol related deaths there have been in England in the last 12 months.

There were 21,912 alcohol-related deaths in England for the 2022 calendar year. This is from the latest available data, published by the Department, and is available at the following link:

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/local-alcohol-profiles/data#page/4/gid/1938132984/pat/159/par/K02000001/ati/15/are/E92000001/iid/93763/age/1/sex/4/cat/-1/ctp/-1/yrr/1/cid/4/tbm/1

The data for 2023 will be published on 4 February 2025.