Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) Continuation and future pricing: Equality Impact Assessment - Results

Footnotes

1 Hazardous drinking is defined as a pattern of alcohol consumption which increases an individual’s risk of harm. This is generally indicated by alcohol consumption at a level of more than 14 units a week, but fewer than 35 units for women. For women, it is considered to be alcohol consumption at a level of more than 14 but less than 50 units a week.

2 Harmful drinking is defined as a pattern of alcohol consumption that is causing mental and/or physical harm to health. This is generally indicated by alcohol consumption at a level of 35 or more units per week for women, and 50 or more units per week for men.

3 The Alcohol (Minimum Price per Unit) (Scotland) Order 2018 (legislation.gov.uk)

4 Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 (legislation.gov.uk)

5 The Scottish Government consultation on these proposals is found here: Alcohol: Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP): Continuation and Future Pricing.

6 Alcohol Framework 2018 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

7 Monitoring and Evaluating Scotlands Alcohol Strategy (MESAS), 2022 (publichealthscotland.scot)

8 Alcohol-specific deaths 2022, Report (nrscotland.gov.uk)

9 Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

10 International comparisons - ScotPHO

11 Evaluation of Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol in Scotland - Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 - operation and effect 2018 to 2023: report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

12 Public Health Scotland, Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: A synthesis of the evidence, June 2023

13 University of Glasgow - Schools - School of Health & Wellbeing - Research - MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit - Research - Complexity in health - Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Scotland Study

14 Scottish Government, Scottish Health Survey 2021, November 2022

15 Public Health Scotland, Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: A synthesis of the evidence, June 2023

16 Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems, The social context of LGBT people’s drinking in Scotland, December 2015

17 Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: A synthesis of the evidence - Publications - Public Health Scotland

18 UK Government, Harmful and probable dependent drinking in adults, August 2018

19 Scottish Government, Scottish Health Survey - topic report: equality groups, October 2012

20 Public Health Scotland, Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: A synthesis of the evidence, June 2023