Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2017 to Question 118072, on children: obesity, what the other professionals are which are cited.

School nurses do not hold a data base of children who are overweight or obese. If a school nurse, as the lead for the Healthy Child Programme (5-19), identifies a child who is overweight or obese they would work with the child and family, together with other professionals where appropriate, such as dieticians, school staff and wider health and social care professionals, to provide evidence-based interventions regarding healthy weight and healthy eating. Parents would be encouraged to discuss the issue with their local general practitioner. School nurses would only share information as agreed within the local data sharing protocol.