Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) Public Health England and (b) other national bodies address the growing extent and costs of alcohol abuse.

Public Health England provides data, evidence and support to local authorities and National Health Service partners to support them in taking action to reduce the harmful impact from alcohol in local communities.

NHS England’s NHS 5 Year Forward View commits the NHS to support national action on alcohol. To help deliver this, NHS England has published three alcohol CQUIN (National Commissioning for Quality and Innovation) indicators on Alcohol Screening, Brief Advice and Referral to specialist services.