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1125645

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2019 to Question 248072, whether his Department has a timeframe for the introduction of digital forms of identification for the purchase of alcohol.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	252611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has no timeframe for amending the mandatory licensing condition on age verification to enable the use of digital forms of identification.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/06/2019 13:45:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1127286

registered interest
date	17/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2019 to Question 248072 on Alcoholic Drinks: Sales , and the Answer of 16 May to Question 253725 on Immigration: EU Nationals, for what reason the Government does not use the standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization to amend the mandatory licensing condition to allow the use of digital forms of identification.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	255697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office will consider whether the standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation could be used to amend the mandatory licensing condition on age verification.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/05/2019 13:41:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1128882

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2019 to Question 255697, what the timescale is for considering whether the standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation could be used to amend the mandatory licensing condition on age verification.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	259453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Home Office officials have now considered the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) standards.</p><p>Those standards relate to identity documents such as passports and national identity cards that contain a biometric chip. We are aware that a digital ID is being proposed for use in verifying age during the purchase of alcohol which takes the form of a mobile phone app. It does not incorporate a biometric chip into the mobile device. Therefore, the ICAO standards are not applicable for this purpose.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/06/2019 14:59:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1132824

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2019 to Question 255697 on Alcoholic Drinks: Sales, what assessment he has made of whether the BSI Publicly Available Specification (a) 499: 2019 entitled Code of practice for digital identification and strong customer authentication and (b) 1296:2018 entitled Online age checking: Provision and use of online age check services: Code of Practice could be used to amend the mandatory licensing condition on age verification.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	266155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The formation of a joint Digital Identity Unit by the Cabinet Office and the Department of Culture Media and Sport was recently announced. My officials will seek to work with that unit to examine the suitability of existing standards for the purpose of amending the mandatory licensing condition.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/06/2019 14:44:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1132925

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department will work with the Home Office to include proposals for identity verification for the sale of alcohol as part of the proposed Digital Identity Unit.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	266224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The government announced the creation of a new Digital Identity Unit, a collaboration between the Cabinet Office and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport (DCMS) on 11 June. The Digital Identity Unit will work closely with other government departments. We will set out the remit of the unit in more detail in the coming weeks. The Home Office will take decisions on areas on which that Department has policy responsibility.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 24/06/2019 14:40:25 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1174276

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the (a) price, (b) availability and (c) promotion of alcohol with regards to tackling alcohol-related death and illness.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	9676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>No recent discussions have been held between the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs regarding the price, availability or promotion of alcohol.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/02/2020 17:45:22 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1504720

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to ensure age checks are being conducted on the sale of alcohol by (a) alcohol home delivery services and (b) other online retailers.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	47580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Licensing Act (2003) regulates the sale of alcohol. It sets out a number of licensing objectives, one of which is the protection of children from harm. This objective informs all licensing authorities’ decisions and all licensed premises should promote it. It is illegal to sell age-restricted products to underage consumers whether that is in person or the sales are online, including home delivery. We expect all retailers to have suitable policies in place to ensure this is the case.</p><p> </p><p>Enforcement of the Licensing Act is locally led. The Act provides Local Authorities with a range of powers to monitor and enforce adherence to all licensing objectives, including instances where underage sales may be occurring. The Government is considering what further steps could be taken to tackle underage sales.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2022 15:02:10 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1504729

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to help ensure age checks are being conducted on the sale of alcohol by (a) alcohol home delivery services and (b) other online retailers.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	47583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Licensing Act (2003) regulates the sale of alcohol. It sets out a number of licensing objectives, one of which is the protection of children from harm. This objective informs all licensing authorities’ decisions and all licensed premises should promote it. It is illegal to sell age-restricted products to underage consumers whether that is in person or the sales are online, including home delivery. We expect all retailers to have suitable policies in place to ensure this is the case.</p><p>Enforcement of the Licensing Act is locally led. The Act provides Local Authorities with a range of powers to monitor and enforce adherence to all licensing objectives, including instances where underage sales may be occurring. The Government is considering what further steps could be taken to tackle underage sales.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2022 14:51:44 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1536104

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Lancet article entitled Policies and interventions to reduce harmful gambling: an international Delphi consensus and implementation rating study, published August 2022, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her polices of that article's findings that there should be a ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol at land-based gambling venues.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	71291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Public Health England commissioned the Delphi study in question alongside their independent review of the evidence on gambling-related harms. As is protocol for studies of this kind, the participants have been kept anonymous but the Commission has not provided any formal advice or notification to the Department on the report’s content or recommendations. DCMS officials have regular discussions with the Gambling Commission on a range of issues relating to gambling regulation and the evidence on gambling.</p><p>Issues around the advertising and marketing of gambling and the rules governing land-based gambling form part of the broad scope of the government's Review of the Gambling Act 2005. We are closely considering all evidence on these and other topics, and will set out our conclusions and proposals for reform in a white paper to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 71289 71290 71292 72468 72469 question first answered 02/11/2022 14:52:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1680756

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
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: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to reduce the alcohol content in drinks on sale in retail settings.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the 2019 publication, Advancing our Heath: Prevention in the 2020s, the Department is working with industry to deliver a significant increase in the availability of no- and low-alcohol products. Current guidance for the use of low-alcohol descriptors, published by the Department in 2018, sets out that “alcohol-free” products should have an alcohol by volume (ABV) content of no more than 0.05% and “low-alcohol” products should have an ABV of no more than 1.2%.</p><p>In support of the commitment to increase the availability of these products across retail and hospitality settings, the Government published a consultation on updating this guidance in September 2023. A response will be published in due course.</p><p>The Government has also delivered on its commitment to review the outdated and complex alcohol duty system and introduced the biggest reform of alcohol duties in 140 years. As of 1 August 2023, all alcohol is now taxed by strength. This is helping to target problem drinking by taxing products associated with higher alcohol-related harm at a higher rate of duty.</p><p>The new system incentivises the production and consumption of lower strength products by introducing a reduced rate of duty for products of a lower ABV. Additionally, all draught products below 8.5 per cent ABV sold in containers of 20 litres or more now receive a reduced rate of duty, incentivising consumption of lower strength products in pubs.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 17/01/2024 14:54:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell