Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs Misuse

Written Question

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Wednesday 23rd November 2022

Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool Walton)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd November 2022 to Question 72439 on Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse, what steps the Department has taken to implement the effective policies mentioned in Public Health England's evidence review: The Public Health Burden of Alcohol and the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Alcohol Control Policies, published in 2016, to reduce the public health burden of alcohol.

Answered by Neil O'Brien

Public Health England’s evidence review recommended a range of evidence-based policies which could be effective at reducing alcohol harm, including those related to taxation, regulating marketing and clinical interventions.

The Government is reforming alcohol duty to tax all alcohol according to strength, which will be implemented from 1 August 2023. The Government is currently reviewing how online advertising is regulated in the United Kingdom, including age-restricted or potentially harmful content, such as alcohol advertising. The consultation closed on 8 June 2022 and a response will be issued in due course.

Local authorities and the National Health Service are responsible for the provision of high-quality services to prevent, mitigate and treat alcohol-related health harm. This includes the identification of people at risk and brief advice, an alcohol risk assessment in the NHS Health Check and specialist services for dependent drinkers. Information and brief advice is also included at new general practitioner registrations and within the standard contract for secondary care. Through the drugs strategy, the Government is investing £532 million into local authority commissioned substance misuse treatment services in England, which include treatment for both drug and alcohol addiction.

Parliamentary Research
Prevention of spiking incidents - CDP-2022-0242
Dec. 21 2022

Found: • Drug off ences (Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 ) If the substance used is a controlled drug under the

Parliamentary Research
General debate on Pride Month - CDP-2023-0128
Jun. 08 2023

Found: Patrons shouted and threw coins and bottles at police.

Select Committee

Turning Point, Professor Dame Carol Black, and Alcohol Health Alliance

Oral Evidence Mar. 02 2023

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: Turning Point, Professor Dame Carol Black, and Alcohol Health Alliance Oral Evidence

Select Committee

Turning Point, Professor Dame Carol Black, and Alcohol Health Alliance

Oral Evidence Mar. 02 2023

Inquiry: Alcohol treatment services
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: Turning Point, Professor Dame Carol Black, and Alcohol Health Alliance Oral Evidence

Deposited Papers

Dec. 15 2011

Source Page: Going smoke-free: The medical case for clean air in the home, at work and in public places. 209 p.
Document: DEP2011-2095.pdf (PDF)

Found: Going smoke-free: The medical case for clean air in the home, at work and in public places. 209 p.

Westminster Hall
Liver Disease and Liver Cancer: Diagnosis - Tue 11 Oct 2022
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Margaret Ferrier (IND - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) contribute to the most cases are also factors much more likely to be present in poorer communities: alcohol misuse - Speech Link
2: Caroline Johnson (CON - Sleaford and North Hykeham) People at risk of alcoholic liver disease are being identified and given early access to tests, to detect - Speech Link