Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Lynne Featherstone
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many alcohol-attributable hospital admissions there were (a) in each London borough and (b) in the Greater London area (i) in each of the last four financial years and (ii) in 2007-08;

(2) how many alcohol-attributable (a) routine hospital admissions and (b) accident and emergency admissions there were (i) in each London borough and (ii) in the Greater London area in (A) each of the last four financial years and (B) 2007-08.

Mr. Bradshaw
The information requested has been placed in the Library. Data for 2007-08 are not yet available.

John Mann
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effect on public health of low pricing of bulk purchase alcohol in supermarkets.

Dawn Primarolo
The Department is commissioning an independent review of the evidence on the relationship between alcohol price, promotion and harm. Among other things, this will consider the evidence on the effects of low pricing of alcohol and the promotion of this by supermarkets.