National Child Measurement Programme

(asked on 28th January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend the National Child Measurement Programme to measure children (a) after birth, (b) before school and (c) during adolescence as recommended by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in their State of Child Health report published on 23 January 2019.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 31st January 2019

There are no current plans to mandate additional weighing points in the National Child Measurement Programme.

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