Question follow-through · 105860

Alcoholic Drinks: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to devise an alcohol strategy which reduces (a) use and (b) harmful use and (c) dependency on alcohol.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
19 Jan 2026
Answer
23 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to devise an alcohol strategy which reduces (a) use and (b) harmful use and (c) dependency on alcohol.

  2. 19 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to shortening the amount of time spent in ill health and preventing premature deaths by addressing the key preventable drivers of poor health, such as alcohol.Action to prevent harms from alcohol feature in several current stra...

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