Question follow-through · 119853
Alcoholism: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of people needing treatment for alcohol use disorders.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 31 Mar 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of people needing treatment for alcohol use disorders.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to reducing the number of people in ill health, with the shift from treatment to prevention being a key priority.Action to prevent harms from alcohol feature in multiple current strategies and plans. The recently published Nati...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
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Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
28 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce the availability of cheap alcohol.
Genomics
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