Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 78613
Parents: Alcoholism
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025
Question
Daisy Cooper
Liberal Democrat — St Albans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children live with an (a) an alcohol dependent parent and (b) a parent drinking at higher risk levels.
Answer
Josh MacAlisterIn 2023/24, there were 72,410 child in need episodes where ‘alcohol misuse: concerns about parent’ were recorded.Our statutory guidance, “Working together to safeguard children”, sets out that practitioners should be alert to the need for early help for a...
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