Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made progress on the (a) development and (b) implementation of a new alcohol strategy.

There are no current plans for an alcohol strategy. We are addressing alcohol-related harms through commitments in the prevention green paper, the NHS Long Term Plan, improvements to the substance misuse treatment system through the Drugs Strategy, funding to support children of alcohol dependent parents and action to reduce alcohol-related crime. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities is also tackling harms associated with addictions, including alcohol.