Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
(asked on 11th February 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of treating alcohol-related illnesses in each of the last three years.
This question was answered on 23rd February 2015
Estimates have been made of the cost to the National Health Service of alcohol related harm at around £2.7 billion per year in 2006-07 and £3.5 billion per year in 2009-10.
Work is under way in the Department to produce estimates for more recent years.