Institute of Alcohol Studies

“This isn’t acceptable in any other workplace.”

Professor Sir Ian Gilmore of @UK_AHA talked with LBC about our new report: ‘Under the influence? Perspectives of alcohol in the parliamentary workplace among UK MPs and staff.’

Report: https://www.ias.org.uk/news/westminsters-drinking-culture-is-putting-staff-wellbeing-at-risk-first-of-its-kind-study-finds/

Almost 1 in 10 people working in parliament reported a negative experience because of someone else’s drinking at work in the last 6 months.

Unwanted sexual attention and harassment were among the most commonly mentioned.

https://www.ias.org.uk/report/under-the-influence-perspectives-of-alcohol-in-the-parliamentary-workplace-among-uk-mps-and-staff

In our latest blog, Jon Hobday sets out an exemplary approach from Greater Manchester: a whole-system alcohol strategy built on WHO’s SAFER framework, but shaped by 16 months of listening to people in recovery, families and frontline staff. @jon_hobday

42% of MPs are offered an alcoholic drink at a work meeting or event weekly.

For constituency-based staff? Just 1%.

Westminster really is a different world, but should it be?

Full findings: https://www.ias.org.uk/report/under-the-influence-perspectives-of-alcohol-in-the-parliamentary-workplace-among-uk-mps-and-staff