§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost of alcohol abuse to the United Kingdom economy. [9218]
§ Ms JowellThe most recent academic study of which we are aware estimated the cost of sickness absence to industry in England and Wales in 1992 as a result of alcohol misuse at £1,059.2 million.
(Source: Godfrey, C. and Hardman, G. Changing the Social Costs of Alcohol. Final report to the Alcohol Education and Research Council. York: Centre for Health Economics, 1994.)