Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with clinical bodies on the potential connection between levels of alcohol consumption and prostate cancer.
Departmental officials have regular discussions with individuals and organisations, including clinical bodies, in which a wide range of topics are discussed. There have been no meetings specifically to discuss the potential links between levels of alcohol consumption and prostate cancer.
The United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers did make an assessment of the effect of moderate alcohol consumption and some cancers as part of their review of low risk drinking guidelines.
The UK Chief Medical Officers low risk drinking guidelines are available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alcohol-consumption-advice-on-low-risk-drinking