§ Mr. Alexander W. Lyonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons in England and Wales, at the latest available date, were suffering from alcoholism; and how the figure compares with that of 10 years previously.
§ Mr. AlisonComparative figures of this kind are not available, but surveys carried out during the last ten years into the prevalence of alcoholism suggest a range of between 200,000 and 400,000 alcoholics in England and Wales within the World Health Organisation definition.