The Government is working to reduce alcohol-related harms with the NHS long-term plan, the prevention Green Paper, support for children of alcohol-dependent parents and action to tackle alcohol-related violent crime. Together, this work constitutes an effective package to address alcohol abuse. We are not planning a stand-alone strategy.

Plans to hold a roundtable meeting on low and no alcohol products have been put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic taking Government priority. The Department, Public Health England and representatives from the alcohol industry will meet at a later date to discuss proposals outlined in the prevention Green Paper on how industry can deliver a significant increase in the availability of alcohol-free and low-alcohol products by 2025.

The Government is committed to tackling health harms from alcohol and supporting the most vulnerable at risk from alcohol misuse. We continue to support and deliver programmes at both national and local levels to address harms including establishing Alcohol Care Teams in the hospitals with the highest rates of alcohol related admissions, a commitment in the Prevention Green paper to encourage drinking habits towards low and no alcohol products, a £6 million investment to support children with alcohol dependent parents and the provision of capital Grant funding awarded to 23 projects enabling local authorities to invest in better meeting the needs of people that require alcohol treatment, including parents who are dependent drinkers.

The Government is committed to tackling health harms from alcohol and supporting the most vulnerable at risk from alcohol misuse.

We continue to support and deliver programmes at both national and local levels to address harms including establishing Alcohol Care Teams (ACTS) in the hospitals with the highest rates of alcohol related admissions, a commitment in the Prevention Green paper to encourage drinking habits towards low and no alcohol products, a £6 million investment to support children with alcohol dependent parents and the provision of capital Grant funding awarded to 23 projects enabling local authorities to invest in better meeting the needs of people that require alcohol treatment, including parents who are dependent drinkers.

The Licensing Act 2003 also continues to provide a robust framework for regulating the sale and supply of alcohol.

Since 2009/10, the annual number of alcohol-related violent incidents has significantly declined – it is now down by 44%. We have seen declines in the number of Penalty Notices for Disorder issued for being drunk and disorder-ly, and fewer adults perceive people being drunk or rowdy in their area as a problem than ten years ago.

We continue to take action to improve local intelligence, establish effective local partnerships and equip police and local authorities with the right powers to take effective action against alcohol-related crime and harms in the night time economy. Current action to tackle alcohol-related harms includes building on our Local Alcohol Action Area programme, considering how to tackle drunk and disorderly passengers at airports, and identifying new work to address alcohol related domestic abuse and sexual violence.

We will deliver the commitments we made to tackle alcohol in relation to domestic abuse in our response to the Domestic Abuse Consultation published in January 2019.

We have already taken action to tackle alcohol as a contributory risk factor in some cases of domestic abuse by developing training for frontline professionals and will roll this out over the summer. We will take action on alcohol and sexual violence, and trial a third phase of our successful Local Alcohol Action Areas programme to continue our targeted support for local areas.

The Department of Health and Social Care is investing £6million in a three year programme to improve outcomes for children with alcohol dependent parents.

We are considering the precise timing of next steps across Government.

Alcohol addiction has a devastating impact on individuals and their families and it is unacceptable that children bear the brunt of their parents’ condition.

This is why we have set up a £6 million three-year programme to improve outcomes for vulnerable children living with alcohol dependent parents.

Public Health England (PHE) and Drinkaware’s ‘Drink Free days’ campaign, launched in September 2018, highlighted the links between alcohol and cancer.

The campaign website includes information about alcohol increasing the risk of at least seven types of cancer, with a particular focus on bowel cancer, breast cancer and oral cancer. The Drink Free Days campaign website is available to view at the following link:

https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/drink-free-days/

The links between alcohol and cancer are also highlighted in PHE’s One You campaign, available to view at the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/for-your-body/drink-less/

The Department of Health and Social Care and Home Office officials are continuing to hold discussions on the development of a new joint alcohol strategy and further announcements will be made in due course.

Government officials are currently exploring what should be included in the strategy and aim to publish this early next year following discussions with stakeholders. The new strategy will allow us to consider the changing landscape of alcohol use and to target vulnerable people who need support most with effective, evidence-based interventions. Understanding the needs of families or carers who support people with an alcohol dependence will be an important part of the development of the strategy and £6 million of new funding has been announced to help improve outcomes for children of alcohol dependent parents and help to tackle conflict within those families.

The Government is committed to continuing to support informal carers, and to do so in a way that supports their own health and wellbeing, employment and other life chances. We also remain committed to support informal carers to provide care for those they care for. That is why the Department published a cross-Government action plan of targeted work to support carers over the next two years. Further information is available at the following link:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/carers-action-plan-2018-to-2020

Government officials are currently exploring what should be included in the strategy and aim to publish this early next year following discussions with stakeholders. The new strategy will allow us to consider the changing landscape of alcohol use and to target vulnerable people who need support most with effective, evidence-based interventions. Understanding the needs of families or carers who support people with an alcohol dependence will be an important part of the development of the strategy and £6 million of new funding has been announced to help improve outcomes for children of alcohol dependent parents and help to tackle conflict within those families.

The Government is committed to continuing to support informal carers, and to do so in a way that supports their own health and wellbeing, employment and other life chances. We also remain committed to support informal carers to provide care for those they care for. That is why the Department published a cross-Government action plan of targeted work to support carers over the next two years. Further information is available at the following link:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/carers-action-plan-2018-to-2020

Alcohol misuse and problem gambling can be regarded as significant public health problems with adverse consequences for the individuals concerned and to wider society.

A range of Government initiatives have been taken at a national level to tackle alcohol misuse. An essential part of our strategy to tackle alcohol harms is the provision of high quality, evidence based treatment services. Local alcohol and drug treatment services are commissioned by local authorities on the basis of local needs assessment. They should be commissioned to have competent staff who are equipped to identify and respond appropriately to a broad range of patient needs, including problem gambling, and then refer them appropriately through established pathways.

Additionally there are a range of services available to problem gamblers, details of which can be found on the NHS Choices website.

The Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT) funds GamCare, an independent charity offering help and support, and a specialist National Health Service service for gambling disorders. The RGT collects donations from the gambling industry to fund them. Some NHS mental health services also treat gambling problems and self-help is available from Gamblers Anonymous.

Public Health England has published a briefing for local authorities, with the Local Government Association, on problem gambling and what action local authorities could take.

In 2015-16, there were 144,908 adults receiving specialist treatment for alcohol problems. Further data about the numbers of people in treatment for alcohol problems is contained in a series of annual reports from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System, which is available online:

http://www.nta.nhs.uk/statistics.aspx

Data is not available on the number of new diagnoses of alcohol-related disease each year. The estimated number of hospital admissions where the main reason for admission was alcohol-related was 339,000 in 2015-16 and 330,000 in the previous two years.

Further data on alcohol-related hospital admissions and incidence of alcohol-related cancer is available from:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-alcohol-profiles-for-england-lape

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/local-alcohol-profiles

There are a number of actions underway to tackle the harm caused by alcohol, including alcohol-related cancers. These actions include NHS England’s national Commissioning for Quality and Innovation programme to incentivise the delivery of alcohol identification and brief advice; Public Health England’s One You campaign to motivate people to take steps to improve their health, with a focus on alcohol use; and the NHS Health Check provides an opportunity for general practitioners to offer advice to reduce alcohol use if appropriate.

The Government believes in informing and empowering citizens, and has a responsibility to provide the most up to date, clear information to enable people to make informed choices about their drinking. The 2016 United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers’ low risk drinking guidelines provide the public with the most up to date scientific information.

In 2015-16, there were 144,908 adults receiving specialist treatment for alcohol problems. Further data about the numbers of people in treatment for alcohol problems is contained in a series of annual reports from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System, which is available online:

http://www.nta.nhs.uk/statistics.aspx

Data is not available on the number of new diagnoses of alcohol-related disease each year. The estimated number of hospital admissions where the main reason for admission was alcohol-related was 339,000 in 2015-16 and 330,000 in the previous two years.

Further data on alcohol-related hospital admissions and incidence of alcohol-related cancer is available from:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-alcohol-profiles-for-england-lape

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/local-alcohol-profiles

There are a number of actions underway to tackle the harm caused by alcohol, including alcohol-related cancers. These actions include NHS England’s national Commissioning for Quality and Innovation programme to incentivise the delivery of alcohol identification and brief advice; Public Health England’s One You campaign to motivate people to take steps to improve their health, with a focus on alcohol use; and the NHS Health Check provides an opportunity for general practitioners to offer advice to reduce alcohol use if appropriate.

The Government believes in informing and empowering citizens, and has a responsibility to provide the most up to date, clear information to enable people to make informed choices about their drinking. The 2016 United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers’ low risk drinking guidelines provide the public with the most up to date scientific information.

In 2015-16, there were 144,908 adults receiving specialist treatment for alcohol problems. Further data about the numbers of people in treatment for alcohol problems is contained in a series of annual reports from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System, which is available online:

http://www.nta.nhs.uk/statistics.aspx

Data is not available on the number of new diagnoses of alcohol-related disease each year. The estimated number of hospital admissions where the main reason for admission was alcohol-related was 339,000 in 2015-16 and 330,000 in the previous two years.

Further data on alcohol-related hospital admissions and incidence of alcohol-related cancer is available from:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-alcohol-profiles-for-england-lape

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/local-alcohol-profiles

There are a number of actions underway to tackle the harm caused by alcohol, including alcohol-related cancers. These actions include NHS England’s national Commissioning for Quality and Innovation programme to incentivise the delivery of alcohol identification and brief advice; Public Health England’s One You campaign to motivate people to take steps to improve their health, with a focus on alcohol use; and the NHS Health Check provides an opportunity for general practitioners to offer advice to reduce alcohol use if appropriate.

The Government believes in informing and empowering citizens, and has a responsibility to provide the most up to date, clear information to enable people to make informed choices about their drinking. The 2016 United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers’ low risk drinking guidelines provide the public with the most up to date scientific information.

The Government supports the industry and its efforts to find deliverable solutions to this increasingly high profile issue. It is important to ensure that all air passengers have a safe and pleasant experience when flying.

The industry bodies have joined together to create the UK Aviation Industry Code of Practice on Disruptive Passengers, with the purpose of creating a common, consistent approach that co-ordinates and enhances existing efforts to prevent and minimise disruptive passenger behaviour.

The Government will continue to engage and meet with a broad range of operators in the aviation sector to explore any further actions to support the Code.

The Government is committed to reducing the harms caused by alcohol. It set outs its approach to reducing alcohol-related crime and disorder in the Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, published in 2016. It is committed to taking action to inform and empower citizens and provide the most up-to-date, clear information to enable people to make informed choices about their drinking. There are no current plans to publish a new alcohol strategy.

The Government is committed to reducing the harms caused by alcohol. It set outs its approach to reducing alcohol-related crime and disorder in the Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, published in 2016. It is committed to taking action to inform and empower citizens and provide the most up-to-date, clear information to enable people to make informed choices about their drinking. There are no current plans to publish a new alcohol strategy.