Obesity

Department of Health written question – answered at on 3 May 2016.

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Photo of Angela Smith Angela Smith Labour, Penistone and Stocksbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department will be responsible for drafting and publishing the obesity strategy.

Photo of Angela Smith Angela Smith Labour, Penistone and Stocksbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Public Health England will be responsible for drafting and publishing the obesity strategy.

Photo of Angela Smith Angela Smith Labour, Penistone and Stocksbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for the publication of the obesity strategy; and what role (a) Public Health England and (b) his Department is playing in the drafting of that strategy.

Photo of Jane Ellison Jane Ellison The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health

The Childhood Obesity Strategy, which will be launched in the summer, is being led by the Department with input from across Government, including Public Health England.

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