Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 24466

Alcoholism: Death

Tabled: 16 January 2025
Answered: 23 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Labour — Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of deaths that are directly attributable to alcohol.

Answer

In 2023, there were 8,274 alcohol-specific deaths, deaths wholly due to alcohol, in England, which was an increase of 63.8% from the 5,050 deaths in 2006, and a 4.6% increase since 2022. The majority of these deaths are caused by alcohol-related liver dis...
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