Question follow-through · 105862
Alcoholic Drinks: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how will he ensure that the number of deaths for alcohol use will reduce in this Parliament.
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- Answering body
- 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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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how will he ensure that the number of deaths for alcohol use will reduce in this Parliament.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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