Question follow-through · 3618
Obesity: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of childhood obesity on inequalities in health outcomes between (a) deprived communities and (b) less deprived communities.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 5 Sept 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of childhood obesity on inequalities in health outcomes between (a) deprived communities and (b) less deprived communities.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Sept 2024
Answer published
The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) collects data on children aged four to five years old, who would be in reception, and 10 to 11 years old, who would be in year 6. It provides detailed data on childhood obesity by age, sex, deprivation, and ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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