Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children aged (a) four to five and (b) 10 to 11 years were recorded as obese in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) each primary care trust in London and (iv) each London borough in 2016-17.

The number of children aged four to five recorded as obese in 2016-17 in England was 60,502 and the number of children aged 10 to 11 recorded as obese in 2016-17 in England was 111,169.

The number of children aged four to five recorded as obese in 2016-17 in London was 10,111 and the number of children aged 10 to 11 recorded as obese in 2016-17 in London was 20,379.

The above figures originate from the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) which can be accessed here:

https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB30113

The figures can also be obtained from Public Health England’s NCMP Local Authority Profile online data tool, available here:

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/national-child-measurement-programme

The data requested for each London Borough are available in the NCMP Local Authority Profile online data tool and for ease of access are provided as a separate attachment.