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1057040

registered interest
date	08/02/2019
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, whether his Department has plans to assist local authorities in providing support for children in homes where there is parental alcohol misuse.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	218810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is working with nine areas (covering 13 local authorities) to help improve the lives of children impacted by their parents’ alcohol dependency through a £4.5 million innovation fund which runs over three financial years. Further information on the nine areas can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/funding-to-help-improve-the-lives-of-those-affected-by-alcohol" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/funding-to-help-improve-the-lives-of-those-affected-by-alcohol</a></p><p> </p><p>To support all local authorities, PHE has produced a toolkit for commissioners of alcohol and drug services and commissioners of children and family services. It helps them to understand the extent of the problem of parental alcohol and drug use in their area, the number of children in those households and how this can impact them and provides advice on responding to local need.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has also produced guidance for substance misuse services and children’s services to help them work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.</p><p> </p><p>The PHE toolkit and the guidance can be viewed at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2016/01/21/health-matters-your-alcohol-treatment-services-toolkit/" target="_blank">https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2016/01/21/health-matters-your-alcohol-treatment-services-toolkit/</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safeguarding-children-affected-by-parental-alcohol-and-drug-use" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safeguarding-children-affected-by-parental-alcohol-and-drug-use</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/02/2019 16:29:55 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1056868

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
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 he has made of the effect of the reduction to the public health budget on the number of patients admitted to hospital because of alcohol-related diseases and injuries.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	218297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities (LAs) will receive over £3 billion in 2019/20, ring-fenced exclusively for use on public health. It is for LAs themselves to determine how best to use these resources based on their assessment of local need and with regard to their statutory duties. Regulations require all LAs to provide an open-access sexual health service, and a condition attached to the grant requires them to use it with regard to the need to improve their substance misuse services.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England monitors and publishes data for every LA on a wide range of indicators of public health, and most are stable or improving. Last year 98% of adults accessed drug treatment services within three weeks, and attendances at sexual health services increased by 13% between 2013 and 2017.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 218298 question first answered 12/02/2019 15:27:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1045913

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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, when the Government plans to begin work on a new alcohol strategy.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	211207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care and Home Office officials are continuing to hold discussions on the proposals for a new joint alcohol strategy and further announcements will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 30/01/2019 17:14:45 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1045917

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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 discussions he plans to hold with BAME communities on the development of a new alcohol strategy.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	211209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to hold regular discussions on the options for future alcohol policy development. Officials across Government will continue to engage with a variety of groups and communities in the development of alcohol policy to help understand where we are falling short and what more we can do.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 28/01/2019 17:10:03 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1046072

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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 estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of alcohol misuse in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	211277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The most recent assessment of costs to the National Health Service in England associated with alcohol misuse estimated these costs to be £3.5 billion each year in line with 2009/10 prices. The Government does not update this estimate on an annual basis.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 30/01/2019 17:15:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1041340

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on reducing rates of alcohol dependency among homeless people; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	208256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that anyone with a drug and / or alcohol problem can access the help and support they need to overcome their problem and to help them rebuild their lives and sustain their recovery.</p><p> </p><p>We know that many rough sleepers have substance misuse needs, and that rough sleepers can struggle to access the support they need to tackle substance dependency. In London in 2017-18, 43% of rough sleepers were recorded as having an alcohol-related need, and 40% as having a drug-related need.</p><p> </p><p>We made a number of commitments in the Rough Sleeping Strategy to address this issue, including a rapid audit of health service provision to rough sleepers, including mental health and substance misuse treatment; and the provision of up to £2 million in health funding to test models of community-based health and support services for people who are rough sleepers.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England is taking action to improve access to drug and alcohol treatment services for homeless people with drug and alcohol problems so that they get the help that they need and will be issuing commissioning guidance to local authorities in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also committed in the 2017 Drug Strategy to take action on drug misuse among homeless people, including to work with treatment providers, the homelessness sector and housing support services to identify and share best practice to support local authorities in identifying routes into appropriate accommodation for those recovering from a drug dependency.</p><p> </p><p>A Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Ministerial Taskforce involving all Government Departments with a responsibility for those sleeping rough was set up on 7 March 2018 to develop the Rough Sleeping Strategy and oversee its implementation. It’s membership involves Secretaries of State from five Government Departments, including the Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government as well as a number of other junior ministers where the portfolio is more suited to rough sleeping.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 208255 question first answered 17/01/2019 17:24:38 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

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

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

1023016

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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 increase public awareness of the link between alcohol consumption and cancer.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	200638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) and Drinkaware’s ‘Drink Free days’ campaign, launched in September 2018, highlighted the links between alcohol and cancer.</p><p> </p><p>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:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/drink-free-days/" target="_blank">https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/drink-free-days/</a></p><p> </p><p>The links between alcohol and cancer are also highlighted in PHE’s One You campaign, available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/for-your-body/drink-less/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/for-your-body/drink-less/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/12/2018 16:23:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce