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)
• Sales-based consumption: a descriptive analysis after one year(published)
• Children and Young People: Harm from others (published)
• Small retailers (published)
• Sales-based alcohol consumption: controlled interrupted time series analyses (published – now superseded; see 2021 link below)
• MESAS Monitoring Report 2020 (published)
• Public attitudes to MUP (published)
• Daily Survey (N of 1) (published)(Separately funded study)

2021

• Sales-based alcohol consumption: controlled interrupted time series analyses after one year Updated (published – please note that this report supersedes the report linked above)
• 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)
• Household food expenditure (published) (Separately funded study)
• Alcohol products and prices (published)
• Sales-based alcohol consumption: controlled interrupted time series at three years (published)
• Prescribing for alcohol dependence (published) (Separately funded study)
• Alcohol-related ambulance callouts (pre-print available) (Separately funded study)

2023

• Cross-border purchasing: YouGov 2022 update (published)
• Dietary quality (pre-print available) (Separately funded study)
• Economic impact on the alcoholic drinks industry: Final Report (published)
• Alcohol-attributable deaths and hospital admissions (published)
• Cross-border purchasing: YouGov 2023 update (published)
• Final report (published)
• Self-reported consumption (publication delayed; date TBC) (Separately funded study)

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.