§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many copies of the National Alcohol Reduction Strategy Consultation Paper have been sent out to user groups in the voluntary and commercial sectors. [78180]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 29 October 2002]: The Government launched the National Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy Consultation Document on 15 October 2002, and the consultation period will run until 15 January 2003. Copies of the consultation document have been placed on the Department's website www.doh.gov.uk/alcohol/alcoholstrategy.htm and on the strategy unit website www.strategy.gov.uk/2002/alcohol/consultationdocument.shtml.
263WThe Government are keen to receive a wide range of responses from all stakeholders including user groups. The document has been circulated either in hard copy or electronically to a wide range of interested groups, including representatives of the alcohol counselling and prevention services (ACAPS), the alcohol service users national alliance (ASUNA) and the London drug and alcohol network (LDAN).