Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in achieving a sustained downward trend in excess weight in children by 2020.

Data on the prevalence of overweight and obesity are published annually by the Health and Social Care Information Centre. The latest data available are from the Health Survey for England for 2012 and from the National Child Measurement Programme for the school year 2012-13, showing that obesity rates in children are levelling off.

The Government continues to take action through key initiatives such as Change4Life, Change4Life Sports Clubs, the National Child Measurement Programme, School Sports Funding and the School Food Plan.