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Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Answer

A series of national meetings were held during the consultation period with 88 representatives from stakeholder organisations covering crime and disorder, health, young people and the alcohol industry. The stakeholder organisations invited to these meetings and those that attended are listed as follows. In addition, officials met industry chief executives at the alcohol industry public affairs directors meeting on 20 August 2008.Stakeholder organisations invited:"Association of Chief Police Officers""Police Superintendents’ Association""Police Federation""Association of Police Authorities""British Transport Police""Unison""Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Mangers""Local Government Association""Local Better Regulation Office""Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS)""Trading Standards""Taunton Deane""Association of Town Centre Management""Trading Standards Institute""Metropolitan Police""Home Office""Newcastle University""Royal College of Physicians""St. George’s—University of London""North West Public Health Observatory""Alcohol Concern""Cardiff University""Royal Pharmaceutical Society for the UK""Northumbria University""Birmingham University""University of Central London""South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust""CompuServe""Turning Point""Royal College of General Practitioners""Equinox""National Treatment Agency""Southampton University""University of Kent""European Association for the Treatment of Addiction""Alcoholics Anonymous""Royal College of Psychiatrists""Royal College of Nursing""National Association of Cider Makers""Association of Convenience Stores""Advertising Standards Authority""Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers""The Voice of the Nighttime Economy (Noctis)""Guild of Master Victuallers""Society of Independent Brewers""British Beer and Pub Association""British Institute of Inn Keepers""British Retail Consortium""Gin and Vodka Association""Scotch Whisky Association""Portman Group""Wine and Spirits Trade Association""The Advertising Association""Tourism Alliance""Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations""Tesco""Asda""Morrisons""Sainsbury""Marks & Spencer""Majestic""Threshers""Co-op""Diageo""Pernod-Ricard""Bacardi""Brown Forman""Beam Global""Constellation""Gallo""Fosters""Adfam""Mentor UK""Drug Education Forum""National Children’s Home""DrinkAware Trust""Local Government Association""4Children""National Children’s Bureau""The Children’s Society""Addaction""Family Welfare Association""Turning Point""Parentline Plus""Youthnet""National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children""Barnardos""Fostering Network"Stakeholder organisations that attended:"The Voice of the Nighttime Economy (Noctis)""Guild of Master Victuallers""Scotch Whisky Association""Association of Convenience Stores""The Advertising Association""Portman Group""Tourism Alliance""Advertising Standards Authority""Wine and Spirits Trade Association""Society of Independent Brewers""The Gin and Vodka Association""Association of Chief Police Officers""British Transport Police""Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS)""Trading Standards""Royal College of Nursing""Royal College of Physicians""Royal Pharmaceutical Society for the UK""University of Kent""Parentline Plus""Adfam""Youthnet""Mentor UK"Four regional events were held in Bristol, Newcastle, Liverpool and London during the Government’s consultation on what action should be taken in response to the rising levels of alcohol health harm and crime and disorder.To be invited each organisation had to meet one of the following criteria—that they represented either diverse groups, enforcement and local authorities, the national health service, other health providers, manufacturers of alcohol, those in the alcohol off-licensed trade or those in the alcohol on-licensed trade.In total 2,592 organisations were invited to these regional events and the following table breaks down this figure for each event and into the number invited, the number that accepted and the number that attended.

		Number
		Invited	Accepted	Attended
Bristol	Diverse groups	33	2	2
	Enforcement and local authorities	217	15	11
	Health—NHS	146	8	7
	Health—other	0	0	0
	Manufacturers	48	0	0
	Off-trade	39	1	0
	On-trade	208	9	1
	Total	691	35	21
Newcastle	Diverse groups	36	3	3
	Enforcement and local authorities	163	32	26
	Health—NHS	102	23	18
	Health—other	3	2	1
	Manufacturers	23	0	0
	Off-trade	28	0	0
	On-trade	110	0	0
	Total	465	60	48
Liverpool	Diverse groups	19	5	2
	Enforcement and local authorities	64	11	8
	Health—NHS	110	17	13
	Health—other	1	1	1
	Manufacturers	36	1	1
	Off-trade	25	0	0
	On-trade	141	5	0
	Total	396	40	25
London	Diverse groups	74	8	8
	Enforcement and local authorities	508	33	25
	Health—NHS	273	10	7
	Health—other	6	5	4
	Manufacturers	31	3	1
	Off-trade	30	2	0
	On-trade	118	4	2
	Total	1040	65	47
Totals	Diverse groups	162	18	15
	Enforcement and local authorities	952	91	70
	Health—NHS	631	58	45
	Health—other	10	8	6
	Manufacturers	138	4	2
	Off-trade	122	3	0
	On-trade	577	18	3
	Total	2,592	200	141

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

482 c1034-8W; 228145

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Alcoholic drinks Misuse

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