Question follow-through · 36443
Low Alcohol Drinks
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the alcohol-free threshold from 0.05% ABV to 0.5% ABV.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 7 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the alcohol-free threshold from 0.05% ABV to 0.5% ABV.
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2025
Answer published
Under our Health Mission, the government is committed to prioritising preventative public health measures to support people to live longer, healthier lives.While the Government has not made a specific assessment of changing the alcohol-free threshold, the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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