Release

Adult drinking habits in Great Britain: 2005 to 2016

Release date: 3 May 2017 9:30am

Summary

Teetotalism, drinking in the week before interview, frequent drinking and units drunk, including changes in drinking patterns in recent years.

Publications

Data

  • Adult drinking habits in England

    Annual data for England on teetotalism, drinking in the week before survey interview, frequent drinking and units drunk, including analysis by sex, age and socioeconomic status.

  • Adult drinking habits in Great Britain: supplementary data

    Annual data for Great Britain on drinking in pregnancy, those who exceed 14 units on their heaviest drinking day, and additional analysis by age, sex, socioeconomic status and ethnicity.

  • Adult drinking habits in Great Britain

    Annual data for Great Britain on teetotalism, drinking in the week before survey interview, frequent drinking and units drunk, including analysis by sex, age and socioeconomic status.

Contact details

Name

Dr Ben Windsor-Shellard

Email

ben.windsor-shellard@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 (0) 1633 456068

About the data

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  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
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Pre-release access list

The phrase 'Pre-release Access' refers to the practice whereby official statistics in their final form, and any accompanying written commentary, are made available to an eligible person in advance of their publication. The rules and principles which govern pre-release access are featured within the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008.

Besides ONS staff, the following persons are given pre-release access by the period indicated before release.

| Access granted to | Organisation | Period | | :— | :— | :— | | Chief Executive | Public Health England | 21 hours | | PS to Chief Executive | Public Health England | 21 hours | | Head of Risk Factors Intelligence | Public Health England | 21 hours | | Deputy Head of Risk Factors Intelligence | Public Health England | 21 hours | | Deputy Director for Alcohol & Drugs | Public Health England | 21 hours | | Policy lead for alcohol | Public Health England | 21 hours | | Press Officer | Public Health England | 21 hours | | Principal Analyst | Department of Health | 21 hours | | Team Leader Drugs, Alcohol & Sexual and Reproductive Health | Department of Health | 21 hours | | Policy Advisor | Department of Health | 21 hours | | Senior Press Officer | Department of Health | 21 hours | | Secretary of State for Health | Department of Health | 21 hours | | Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation | Department of Health | 21 hours | | Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State - Public Health & Innovation | Department of Health | 21 hours | | Special Adviser | Department of Health | 21 hours | | Minister for Public Health and Sport | Scottish Government | 21 hours | | Private Secretary to Minister for Public Health and Sport | Scottish Government | 21 hours | | Policy Advisor | Scottish Government | 21 hours | | Press Officer / Communications | Scottish Government | 21 hours | | Special Advisor | Scottish Government | 21 hours | | Statistician | Scottish Government | 21 hours |