Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

(asked on 4th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of alcohol consumption during the covid-19 outbreak.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 13th May 2020

It is too early to make any assessment of the levels of alcohol use during the COVID-19 outbreak. The Department is working with Public Health England, NHS England and NHS Improvement and stakeholders to monitor indicators to track any behaviour change.

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