§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each county in Wales his estimate available of the number of people in that county with problems of alcohol misuse.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThe only available data are provided in the Welsh heart health survey of 1985, which recorded people drinking in excess of "safe limits" defined by the Health Promotion Authority for Wales. These are 20-plus units per week for men and 15-plus units for women. The figures are as follows:
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Health authority district Proportion of population aged 18–64 drinking in excess of the safe limits Estimated number of people aged 18–64 drinking in excess of the safe limits percentage Clwyd Male 37 29,000 Female 12 5,600 East Dyfed Male 36 14,600
Health authority district Proportion of population aged 18–64 drinking in excess of the safe limits Estimated number of people aged 18–64 drinking in excess of the safe limits percentage Female 15 3,300 Gwent Male 43 39,700 Female 10 5,600 Gwynedd Male 34 14,900 Female 10 2,700 Mid Glamorgan Male 46 53,800 Female 13 8,600 Pembrokeshire Male 38 7,700 Female 10 1,200 Powys Male 38 8,500 Female 13 1,600 South Glamorgan Male 41 35,800 Female 11 6,000 West Glamorgan Male 43 33,500 Female 11 5,300 1990 data will become available next year.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the finances available to his Department and allocated by his Department to combat alcohol misuse in each of the financial years 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1989–90; if he will indicate the amounts initially available in 1990–91, and any additional sums made available by his Department for this purpose since the start of the financial year.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsResponsibility for tackling alcohol misuse rests primarily with health and local authorities. The Health Promotion Authority for Wales has a role in primary prevention and many voluntary organisations participate as part of their overall activity. Finances to these organisations are unhypothecated and it is not possible separately to identify that element earmarked for combating alcohol misuse.
Specific funds are made available to Alcohol Concern Wales and these are as follows:
£ 1987–88 38,187 1988–89 42,000 1989–90 49,546 1990–91 68,079 It was announced in June of this year that an additional £150,000 was available for organisations concerned with combating alcohol misuse.