Alcoholic Drinks: Children and Young People
(asked on 26th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on alcohol consumption by children and young people.
This question was answered on 31st January 2022
No assessment has yet been made as data on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol consumption by children and young people is not currently available. NHS Digital’s Smoking, Drinking and Drugs among Young People Survey provides information on drinking behaviours and attitudes among children aged 11 to 15 years old. The last survey was carried out in 2018. Field work for the 2021 survey began in autumn 2021.