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Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent alcohol use among children and young people.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
9 Oct 2024
Answer
15 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 7 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent alcohol use among children and young people.

  2. 9 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Our mission-based approach will ensure that every child has the best start in life and that we create the healthiest generation of children ever. Statutory guidance on relationships, sex, and health education requires all primary and secondary schools to ...

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