The report, commissioned by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Children of Alcoholics, found that between 2011 and 2014 parental alcohol misuse was implicated in 37 per cent of cases involving the death or serious injury of a child through neglect or abuse in England. An estimated 200,000 children in England are being raised by alcoholic parents.
The research also found that 61 per cent of care applications in England involved misuse of alcohol and/or drugs.
Meanwhile, 18 per cent of children reported feeling embarrassed by seeing their parent drunk, and 15 per cent reported their bedtime routine had been disrupted as a result of their parents' drinking.
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