Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 - operation and effect 2018 to 2023: report

The Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 allows the Scottish Parliament to set a price below which alcohol cannot be sold. This publication reports on the operation and effect of the minimum pricing provisions during the first five years of the provisions being in force.


Annex C: Questions used in 2022 and 2023 call for evidence

Holders of premises licences granted under the 2005 Act and producers of alcohol

1. How has minimum unit pricing impacted your business?

2. Do you think businesses have seen increased revenue from the introduction of minimum unit pricing?

3. Do you have any evidence to support your view?

4. How has minimum unit pricing affected your supply chain?

5. What impact do you think removing minimum unit pricing would have on your work?

6. Is there anything else about minimum unit pricing you'd like to tell us?

Health, prevention of crime, education, social work

1. How has minimum unit pricing impacted your day to day work?

2. Has minimum unit pricing changed how you do your work?

3. How has minimum unit pricing impacted your overall workload?

4. What impact has minimum unit pricing had on the people you work with?

5. What impact do you think removing minimum unit pricing would have on your work?

6. Is there anything else about minimum unit pricing you'd like to tell us?

People with lived experience

1. How has minimum unit pricing impacted your/people you work with day to day life?

2. What have the negative impacts of minimum unit pricing been for you, if any?

3. What have the positive impacts of minimum unit pricing been for you, if any?

4. What impact do you think removing minimum unit pricing would have for you?

5. What impact do you think increasing the minimum unit price would have for you?

6. Is there anything else about minimum unit pricing you'd like to tell us?

Children and young people focus group questions

1. What is your understanding of MUP?

2. How has MUP impacted you and your family?

3. How has MUP impacted your friends?

4. How much does price affect your alcohol choice?

5. What impact do you think removing minimum unit pricing would have for you?

6. What impact do you think increasing minimum unit pricing would have for you?

7. Do you have anything else to share?

Contact

Email: MUP@gov.scot

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