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Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 41318, tabled on 18 August 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a comprehensive evidence-based alcohol strategy to reduce the harm caused by alcohol.

Answered on

7 September 2021

There are no plans for a standalone alcohol strategy as the Government has committed to publish a new United Kingdom-wide cross-government addiction strategy which will consider a range of issues, including drugs, alcohol and problem gambling.