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Deposited Papers
Department for Education

May. 16 2024

Source Page: I. Draft Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health education: Statutory guidance for governing bodies, proprietors, head teachers, principals, senior leadership teams, teachers. 44p. II. Review of the Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health education statutory guidance. Government consultation. 27p. III. Letter dated 16/05/2024 from Gillian Keegan MP to the Deposited papers clerk regarding the above documents for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.
Document: Draft_RSE_and_Health_Education_statutory_guidance.pdf (PDF)

Found: Draft Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health education: Statutory


Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Subsidy Advice Unit

May. 14 2024

Source Page: Referral of the proposed subsidy for a leisure and wellbeing hub by Tees Valley Combined Authority
Document: (PDF)

Found: sources addressing the high levels of poverty in the area, as well as evidence demonstrating how obesity


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

May. 14 2024

Source Page: New levelling up powers to fill empty shops across England
Document: Improving access to greenspace: 2020 review (publishing.service.gov.uk) (PDF)

Found: services.


Westminster Hall
Smartphones and Social Media: Children - Tue 14 May 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Miriam Cates (Con - Penistone and Stocksbridge) Waiting times for child mental health services are measured in years. - Speech Link
2: Miriam Cates (Con - Penistone and Stocksbridge) believe a study was published just yesterday about the correlation between using a phone while eating and obesity - Speech Link
3: Ranil Jayawardena (Con - North East Hampshire) of physical health problems too, including obesity, sleep disturbances and vision problems. - Speech Link
4: Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden) agree that online platforms must take responsibility for the harmful effects of the design of their services - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Agriculture - Mon 13 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) Food security should be linked with health security. - Speech Link
2: George Eustice (Con - Camborne and Redruth) They are paying farmers and landowners for the delivery of ecosystem services, and those services attract - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)
Committee stage: 6th sitting - Thu 09 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) Next week, the Health and Social Care Committee will look at the public health measures being taken in - Speech Link
2: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) difficult for children to see sweets at the counter, to reduce pester power and help protect them from obesity - Speech Link
3: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) Adults who wish to stop smoking have many smoking services that they can go to for advice, such as their - Speech Link
4: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) I certainly think that stop-smoking services are fully aware of all the different alternatives that an - Speech Link


Written Question
Diabetes: Children
Wednesday 8th May 2024

Asked by: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of high rates of childhood obesity on future diabetes rates; and what assessment they have made of the impact that this will have on the NHS's future spend on diabetes.

Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England has data from national diabetes audits showing the increasing numbers of young people being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes over the past five years. NHS England knows that 93.5% of children with Type 2 diabetes that are under the care of paediatric diabetes units are overweight or obese, with a body mass index above the 85th centile after correction for age and gender.

Core20PLUS5 – Children and Young People includes diabetes as a key clinical area and has two key areas of clinical focus, namely to increase access to real time continuous glucose monitoring and insulin pumps for children and young people in the most deprived quintiles and from ethnic minority backgrounds, and increase the proportion of children and young people with Type 2 diabetes receiving all the care processes recommended in guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

Key diabetes health metrics, such as blood glucose levels, are poorest in young adults aged between 19 and 25 years old. To address this age-related health inequality, 15 ‘Transition and Young Adult’ pilots were established by the NHS Diabetes Programme in 2022-2025 to test models of care for young adults with diabetes and those transitioning from paediatric to adult diabetes services. The pilots will be evaluated to inform the evidence base on how to best deliver care and improve outcomes for this group.


Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
UK Health Security Agency

May. 07 2024

Source Page: Communal accommodation settings: infectious disease transmission
Document: (PDF)

Found: inclusion health populations.


Westminster Hall
Free School Meals - Tue 07 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) council and now the Mayor of London would save £6 million a year, which could be reinvested in other services - Speech Link
2: Zarah Sultana (Lab - Coventry South) They also have health benefits, improving nutrition and reducing obesity. - Speech Link
3: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) I was pleased to read that free school meals also reduce obesity. - Speech Link


Select Committee
Food Foundation, Food Foundation, Food Foundation, and Food Foundation

Oral Evidence May. 02 2024

Inquiry: Food, Diet and Obesity
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Food, Diet and Obesity Committee

Found: Food, Diet and Obesity Committee Uncorrected oral evidence: Food, diet and obesity Thursday 2 May