Table 4.

 Central estimates for consumption and spending for ban on below cost selling and minimum unit price policies of 40p, 45p, and 50p per unit

Consumption and spending levels	Moderate drinkers	Hazardous drinkers	Harmful drinkers	All England population (≥16)
% change in consumption per drinker
Below cost selling	–0.03	–0.01	–0.08	–0.04
Minimum unit price:
40p	–0.34	–0.34	–2.33	–0.97
45p	–0.57	–0.67	–3.67	–1.59
50p	–0.97	–1.22	–5.37	–2.47
Change in consumption per drinker per year (units)
Below cost selling	–0.1	–0.1	–3.0	–0.3
Minimum unit price:
40p	–1.0	–4.8	–86.7	–7.2
45p	–1.6	–9.5	–136.6	–11.7
50p	–2.7	–17.3	–200.0	–18.2
% change in spending per drinker
Below cost selling	0.00	0.03	0.01	0.02
Minimum unit price:
40p	0.02	0.29	–0.36	0.02
45p	0.34	0.85	–0.06	0.42
50p	0.93	1.85	0.57	1.18
Change in spending per drinker per year (£)
Below cost selling	0.01	0.33	0.27	0.09
Minimum unit price:
40p	0.05	3.35	–9.92	0.10
45p	0.93	9.75	–1.70	2.59
50p	2.55	21.13	15.69	7.23

£1.00 (€1.26; $1.63); 2014 rates.