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Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Sales

Asked by Andrew RosindellReform UKCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 8 January 2025UIN 20934

The question

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.

Answered by 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.

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