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1029380

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he plans to publish an alcohol workforce strategy to accompany the alcohol strategy.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	204571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>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. There are no plans at this stage to publish an alcohol workforce strategy alongside it.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/01/2019 12:00:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1029381

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) cost-effectiveness of alcohol care teams in hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	204572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) assessed alcohol care teams (ACTs) in hospitals in the guidance ‘Local health and care planning: menu of preventative interventions’, which supports local planning processes and informs local commissioning strategies and plans. PHE found ACTs to be an effective and cost-effective option for National Health Service sustainability and transformation partnerships to consider helping reduce the harm to individuals, including to those whose alcohol use impacts most heavily on NHS health services, such as repeat hospital admissions. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-health-and-care-planning-menu-of-preventative-interventions" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-health-and-care-planning-menu-of-preventative-interventions</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/01/2019 11:59:50 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1029382

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure midwives are aware of the Chief Medical Officers’ advice that it is safest not to drink alcohol during pregnancy.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	204573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Midwives and other health professionals have a professional duty to keep up to date with evidence based advice on lifestyle issues to support the patients in their care. Every maternity service in the National Health Service is also actively implementing elements of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle. This programme covers a range of initiatives that seek to raise awareness of the known risk factors among pregnant women and health professionals, including the importance of not drinking alcohol.</p><p> </p><p>Current Nursing and Midwifery Council standards highlight the importance of communicating with women to help them make informed choices about their health and health care. This includes ensuring midwives and healthcare professionals are aware of the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Low Risk Drinking Guidelines. No dedicated funding has been allocated by the Department for this purpose.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England’s Start4Life social marketing programme informs pregnant women of the risks associated with consuming alcohol during pregnancy through its website, social media channels and direct emails. The Start4Life website is available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/start4life/pregnancy/alcohol/" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/start4life/pregnancy/alcohol/</a></p><p> </p><p>In March 2017, the Government issued guidance setting out how the low risk drinking guidelines can best be communicated on the labels of alcoholic drinks. This guidance sets out the core elements of the guidelines that the Government would wish to see communicated to the public and is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/communicating-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-alcohol-guidelines" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/communicating-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-alcohol-guidelines</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 204574 204575 204576 204577 question first answered 14/01/2019 16:13:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1029383

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure midwives communicate the Chief Medical Officers’ advice that it is safest not to drink alcohol during pregnancy.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	204574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Midwives and other health professionals have a professional duty to keep up to date with evidence based advice on lifestyle issues to support the patients in their care. Every maternity service in the National Health Service is also actively implementing elements of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle. This programme covers a range of initiatives that seek to raise awareness of the known risk factors among pregnant women and health professionals, including the importance of not drinking alcohol.</p><p> </p><p>Current Nursing and Midwifery Council standards highlight the importance of communicating with women to help them make informed choices about their health and health care. This includes ensuring midwives and healthcare professionals are aware of the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Low Risk Drinking Guidelines. No dedicated funding has been allocated by the Department for this purpose.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England’s Start4Life social marketing programme informs pregnant women of the risks associated with consuming alcohol during pregnancy through its website, social media channels and direct emails. The Start4Life website is available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/start4life/pregnancy/alcohol/" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/start4life/pregnancy/alcohol/</a></p><p> </p><p>In March 2017, the Government issued guidance setting out how the low risk drinking guidelines can best be communicated on the labels of alcoholic drinks. This guidance sets out the core elements of the guidelines that the Government would wish to see communicated to the public and is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/communicating-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-alcohol-guidelines" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/communicating-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-alcohol-guidelines</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 204573 204575 204576 204577 question first answered 14/01/2019 16:13:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1029384

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to training for midwives on the Chief Medical Officers’ advice that it is safest not to drink alcohol during pregnancy.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	204575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Midwives and other health professionals have a professional duty to keep up to date with evidence based advice on lifestyle issues to support the patients in their care. Every maternity service in the National Health Service is also actively implementing elements of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle. This programme covers a range of initiatives that seek to raise awareness of the known risk factors among pregnant women and health professionals, including the importance of not drinking alcohol.</p><p> </p><p>Current Nursing and Midwifery Council standards highlight the importance of communicating with women to help them make informed choices about their health and health care. This includes ensuring midwives and healthcare professionals are aware of the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Low Risk Drinking Guidelines. No dedicated funding has been allocated by the Department for this purpose.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England’s Start4Life social marketing programme informs pregnant women of the risks associated with consuming alcohol during pregnancy through its website, social media channels and direct emails. The Start4Life website is available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/start4life/pregnancy/alcohol/" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/start4life/pregnancy/alcohol/</a></p><p> </p><p>In March 2017, the Government issued guidance setting out how the low risk drinking guidelines can best be communicated on the labels of alcoholic drinks. This guidance sets out the core elements of the guidelines that the Government would wish to see communicated to the public and is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/communicating-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-alcohol-guidelines" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/communicating-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-alcohol-guidelines</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 204573 204574 204576 204577 question first answered 14/01/2019 16:13:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1029385

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to training for health care professionals on the Chief Medical Officers’ advice that it is safest not to drink alcohol during pregnancy.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	204576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Midwives and other health professionals have a professional duty to keep up to date with evidence based advice on lifestyle issues to support the patients in their care. Every maternity service in the National Health Service is also actively implementing elements of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle. This programme covers a range of initiatives that seek to raise awareness of the known risk factors among pregnant women and health professionals, including the importance of not drinking alcohol.</p><p> </p><p>Current Nursing and Midwifery Council standards highlight the importance of communicating with women to help them make informed choices about their health and health care. This includes ensuring midwives and healthcare professionals are aware of the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Low Risk Drinking Guidelines. No dedicated funding has been allocated by the Department for this purpose.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England’s Start4Life social marketing programme informs pregnant women of the risks associated with consuming alcohol during pregnancy through its website, social media channels and direct emails. The Start4Life website is available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/start4life/pregnancy/alcohol/" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/start4life/pregnancy/alcohol/</a></p><p> </p><p>In March 2017, the Government issued guidance setting out how the low risk drinking guidelines can best be communicated on the labels of alcoholic drinks. This guidance sets out the core elements of the guidelines that the Government would wish to see communicated to the public and is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/communicating-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-alcohol-guidelines" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/communicating-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-alcohol-guidelines</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 204573 204574 204575 204577 question first answered 14/01/2019 16:13:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1029386

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to inform the public of the Chief Medical Officers’ advice that it is safest not to drink alcohol during pregnancy.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	204577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Midwives and other health professionals have a professional duty to keep up to date with evidence based advice on lifestyle issues to support the patients in their care. Every maternity service in the National Health Service is also actively implementing elements of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle. This programme covers a range of initiatives that seek to raise awareness of the known risk factors among pregnant women and health professionals, including the importance of not drinking alcohol.</p><p> </p><p>Current Nursing and Midwifery Council standards highlight the importance of communicating with women to help them make informed choices about their health and health care. This includes ensuring midwives and healthcare professionals are aware of the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Low Risk Drinking Guidelines. No dedicated funding has been allocated by the Department for this purpose.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England’s Start4Life social marketing programme informs pregnant women of the risks associated with consuming alcohol during pregnancy through its website, social media channels and direct emails. The Start4Life website is available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/start4life/pregnancy/alcohol/" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/start4life/pregnancy/alcohol/</a></p><p> </p><p>In March 2017, the Government issued guidance setting out how the low risk drinking guidelines can best be communicated on the labels of alcoholic drinks. This guidance sets out the core elements of the guidelines that the Government would wish to see communicated to the public and is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/communicating-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-alcohol-guidelines" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/communicating-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-alcohol-guidelines</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 204573 204574 204575 204576 question first answered 14/01/2019 16:13:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1029387

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had in 2018 with representatives of (i) the alcohol industry and (ii) public health advocates to discuss minimum unit pricing for alcohol.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	204578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The introduction of minimum unit pricing in England remains under review pending the impact of its implementation in Scotland.</p><p>Home Office ministers have held no meetings with representatives of the alcohol industry and public health advocates to discuss minimum unit pricing for alcohol. However, Home Office officials have engaged throughout 2018 with a range of stakeholders as part of our alcohol policy work , including the health sector, academics, the voluntary sector and representatives of the alcohol industry and the licensed trade.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 204582 question first answered 11/01/2019 12:54:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1029396

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle alcohol-related health inequalities in England.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	204579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England produces a suite of products on the Fingertips website that provide local data alongside national comparisons to support local health improvement and an intelligence-driven approach to understanding and meeting local need, including the Local Alcohol Profiles for England which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/local-alcohol-profiles" target="_blank">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/local-alcohol-profiles</a></p><p> </p><p>The aim of these profiles is to provide information for local government, health organisations, commissioners and other agencies to monitor the impact of alcohol on local communities and to monitor the services and initiatives that have been put in place to prevent and reduce the harmful impact of alcohol.</p><p> </p><p>Inequalities data are included wherever possible in order to allow organisations to assess the extent of variation in alcohol-related harm.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/01/2019 16:16:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1029397

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Alcoholism: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase funding for treatment of alcohol misuse.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	204580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has made available £16 billion for public health services, including alcohol treatment services, over the current Spending Review period. Decisions on funding for services to treat alcohol misuse are the responsibility of local authorities, based on an assessment of local need. The public health grant conditions make it clear that local authorities must have regard for the need to improve the take up of, and outcomes from, their drug and alcohol misuse treatment services.</p><p> </p><p>Alcohol treatment services are freely available across England and local authorities are supported by Public Health England in the commissioning of high quality, evidence based treatment services to fulfil the needs of their local populations.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 204581 question first answered 14/01/2019 16:17:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris