Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change has been recorded in rates of childhood obesity in each year from 2000 to 2015.

Childhood Obesity data is collected annually through the Health Survey for England (HSE) and the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP).

HSE figures are published on the NHS Digital website:

http://digital.nhs.uk/pubs/hse2015trend

NCMP trend figures are published on the Public Health England website and can be accessed:

https://www.noo.org.uk/securefiles/161219_0955//Trends%20Rep%201415%20260816_final_to%20GatewayNB101016%20%25282%2529%20%281%29.pdf

The HSE data (which covers the period from 2000-14) shows that the obesity level has varied between 13.7 and 18.9% with variations annually but no discernible overall downward or upward trend.