Question follow-through · 80384
Breast Cancer: Alcoholic Drinks
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the NHS of treating breast cancer cases in the UK that are attributable to alcohol consumption.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jan 2026 · 87 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the NHS of treating breast cancer cases in the UK that are attributable to alcohol consumption.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government and the National Health Service recognise that a healthy lifestyle can help reduce the biggest risk factors of certain cancers. The Government welcomes the recent publication of the World Cancer Research Fund's 2025 report. The UK Chief Med...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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