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603979

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of why the estimated number of English hospital admissions relating to alcohol consumption has doubled between 2004/05, when the Licensing Act 2003 entered into force, and 2014/15.
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	uin	HL2375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 31/10/2016 13:27:46 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

603980

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what new action they propose to take to halt and reverse the upward trend in the number of English hospital admissions relating to alcohol consumption, and who will be responsible and accountable for the implementation of such actions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	uin	HL2376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The new <em>UK Chief Medical Officers’ Low Risk Drinking Guidelines</em> provide the public with the most up to date scientific information to help people make informed decisions about their own drinking. A copy of the guidelines is attached.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and Public Health England (PHE) will be reviewing the advice on higher risk drinking, in light of the new guidelines, at a United Kingdom level through a consensus process in partnership with the Devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p><p>PHE is using its <em>One You </em>campaign to motivate people to take steps to improve their health through tackling the main risk factors such as smoking, inactivity, obesity, and alcohol. <em>One You </em>provides a Drinks Tracker app to help drinkers identify risky behaviour and lower their alcohol consumption.</p><p> </p><p>Local government has been given the responsibility to improve people’s health. This includes responsibility for tackling problem drinking and commissioning appropriate prevention and treatment services for their local population’s needs. Over the next five years, we will invest more than £16 billion in local government public health services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s <em>NHS Five Year Forward View</em> commits the National Health Service to support national action on alcohol. The National Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) payments framework was set up in 2009-10 to encourage services providers to continually improve the quality of care provided to patients and to achieve transparency. To help deliver their commitment to reduce harmful alcohol consumption NHS England has published a CQUIN to incentivise interventions to reduce risky behaviours, and prevent ill health through alcohol and tobacco consumption. This has a number of components, including alcohol screening, brief advice and referral to specialist services.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 31/10/2016 14:48:44 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name HL2376 - UK CMOs Low Risk Drinking Guidelines.pdf title CMO Low Risk Drinking Guidelines
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

603981

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the estimated cost of hospital admissions relating to alcohol consumption was for the NHS in (1) 2004/05 and (2) 2014/15.
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	uin	HL2377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Figures of the cost to the National Health Service of alcohol misuse are not available on an annual basis.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent estimate from Public Health England (PHE) for 2014 is that alcohol costs the NHS around £3.5 billion per annum. The Department estimates that just under half of that is due to alcohol related inpatient admissions to hospital. This information is available in the public domain, as evidenced by PHE’s report <em>Alcohol and drugs prevention, treatment and recovery: why invest?, Public Health England</em>. A copy is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 31/10/2016 14:50:37 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name HL2377 - why-invest-2014-alcohol-and-drugs.pdf title PHE Alcohol and Drugs Prevention
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

628235

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect the independent review on alcohol by Public Health England to be completed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	uin	HL2970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>The Public Health England alcohol evidence review and peer review process is now complete and we expect this to be published shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL2971 question first answered 16/11/2016 15:18:15 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

628236

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect the independent review on alcohol by Public Health England to be made available to the public.
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	uin	HL2971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>The Public Health England alcohol evidence review and peer review process is now complete and we expect this to be published shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL2970 question first answered 16/11/2016 15:18:15 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe