Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS trusts use a body mass index threshold for treatment for eating disorders in (a) adults and (b) children and adolescents.

The Department does not hold this data centrally. NHS England continues to emphasise to systems and services that body mass index should not be used as a single measure to determine access to treatment within eating disorder services. This is in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommendations and is included in national published guidance.