Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2018 to Question 160717 on Alcoholic Drinks: Industry, if he will publish the (a) dates, (b) attendees and (c) topics of each of those meetings.

The attached table sets out the dates on which, according to the Department’s records, Department of Health and Social Care officials responsible for alcohol policy met representatives of the alcohol industry in 2017 and 2018. The table also identifies the topic or topics of each meeting. Senior civil servants and chief executive officers have been identified by name, otherwise only the organisation is listed.