Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of minimum unit pricing for alcohol.

Public Health England's evidence review of the public health burden of alcohol and the cost-effectiveness of alcohol control policies presents strong international evidence to show that price-based interventions can be effective in reducing levels of consumption and the harms associated with alcohol.

The introduction of Minimum Unit Pricing remains under review pending the outcome of the legal case between the Scotch Whisky Association and the Scottish Government, and the impact of any implementation of this policy in Scotland.