2 Summary
2.1 Table 1 show the estimated indicative total cost to Scottish society in 2006/07 of alcohol misuse. The total cost estimated is approximately £2.25bn.
2.2 Appendix A shows the disaggregated costs for each resource category.
2.3 It should be noted that these estimates do not, as some costing studies may, include an estimate for intangible costs.
Table 1: summary of costs of alcohol misuse 2006/07
Resource Category | Cost 2006/07 (£million) |
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NHS Scotland | 405 |
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Social Work Services | 170 |
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Criminal Justice & Fire Service | 385 |
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Wider economic costs | 820 |
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Human/social costs | 470 |
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Total | 2250 |
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