Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) Continuation and future pricing: Stage 2: Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment

Scottish Government developed a Children's Rights & Wellbeing Impact Assessment to assess the of the continuation and uprating of Minimum Unit Price (MUP) of children and young people living in Scotland.


Footnotes

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

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

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

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

5. International comparisons - ScotPHO

6. Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 - operation and effect 2018 to 2023: report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

7. The Scottish Health Survey 2021 - volume 1: main report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

8. Ford J, Myers F, Burns J, Beeston C. Minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol evaluation: The impact of MUP on protecting children and young people from parents' and carers' harmful alcohol consumption: Practitioners' views on the impact of MUP on protecting children and young people (published 12 May 2020)

9. Ibid

10. Holmes J, Buykx P, Perkins A et al. Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing in Scotland on people who are drinking at harmful levels. Public Health Scotland; (published 7 June 2022).

11. Ibid

12. Ibid

13. Iconic Consulting. Minimum unit pricing in Scotland: A qualitative study of children and young people's own drinking and related behaviour. Iconic Consulting; (published 23 January 2020).

14. Findings from the HBSC 2022 survey in Scotland.pdf - Google Drive

15. Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment

16. Scottish Government (2019). Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS)

17. Scottish Government (2021) Young people experiencing harms from alcohol and drugs: literature and evidence review.

18. Minimum Unit Pricing in ScotlandA qualitative study of children and young people's own drinking and related behaviour (healthscotland.scot)

19. Office of National Statistics (2022) Wealth and Assets Survey April 2018 to March 2020.

20. Drug and Alcohol Information System (DAISy) is a national database that holds data about drug and alcohol services across Scotland.

Contact

Email: MUP@gov.soct

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