Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of the independent review into drug and alcohol addiction, and obesity; effects on employment outcomes, the report from which was published on 5 December 2016.

The total direct cost of the independent review into drug and alcohol addiction, and obesity came to around £8000, including Dame Carol Black’s reasonable expenses and printing costs. In addition, a core team of seven civil servants supported the review, These costs were met through existing DWP resources.