The planned publication schedule for evaluation studies of minimum unit pricing (MUP), and other related studies, is described below. Reports are expected from mid 2019 to late 2023.

The publications are listed in order of when they are due to be published and include the anticipated publication date in brackets.

2019

• Study protocol (published)
• Compliance (published)
• MESAS Monitoring Report 2019 (published)
• Economic impact on the alcoholic drinks industry: Short-term impacts (published)

2020

• Children and Young People: Own drinking and related behaviour (published)
• Evaluating the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) on sales-based consumption in Scotland: a descriptive analysis of one year post-MUP off-trade alcohol sales data (published)
• Children and Young People: Harm from others (published)
• Small retailers (published)
• Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing (MUP) on sales-based alcohol consumption in Scotland: Controlled interrupted time series analyses (published)
• MESAS Monitoring Report 2020 (published)
• Public attitudes to MUP (published)
• Daily Survey (N of 1) (published)(Separately funded study)

2021

• Using alcohol retail sales data to estimate population alcohol consumption in Scotland: an update of previously published estimates (published – please note that this report updates the previous report ‘Evaluating the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) on sales-based alcohol consumption in Scotland: controlled interrupted time series analyses’)
• Drinking at harmful levels: Short-term impacts (published)
• Price distribution (published)
• Consumption and health service impacts (published) (Separately funded study)
• MESAS Monitoring Report 2021 (published)
• Crime and disorder, public safety and public nuisance (published)

2022

• Impact of COVID on consumption and health harms (published)
• Homeless drinkers (published) (Separately funded study)
• Cross Border purchasing (published)
• Comparison of Nielsen and IRI (published)
• Validity and reliability of alcohol retail sales data (published )
• Drinking at harmful levels - Final report (published)
• MESAS Monitoring Report 2022 (published)
• Letter to Convenor, Health, Social Care and Sport Committee (published)
• Prescribing (Expected early 2022) (Separately funded study)
• Ambulance call-outs (Expected early 2022) (Separately funded study)
• Self-reported consumption (early 2022) (Separately funded study)
• Alcohol products and prices in the retail and wholesale sector (mid 2022)
• Household expenditure (mid 2022) (Separately funded study)
• Sales-based consumption Final Report (mid 2022)
• Economic impact on the alcoholic drinks industry (late 2022)

2023

• Admissions and deaths (early 2023)
• MESAS Monitoring Report 2023 (June 2023)
• Final report (late 2023)

MUP evaluation outcome areas and studies

You can find more information on the studies on our Outcome areas and studies of evaluation of MUP page and on the Separately funded studies page.