Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 20934

Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Sales

Tabled: 18 December 2024
Answered: 8 January 2025

Question

Andrew Rosindell

Reform UK — Romford

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Office of National Statistics has made of spending on (a) alcohol and (b) narcotics in each of the last five years; and what proportion of this spending is estimated as being illegal.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon. Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 18 December is attached.