HC Deb 15 October 2002 vol 390 cc789-90W
Dr. Pugh

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research is being commissioned by the Department on levels of obesity amongst school children; and what assessment has been made as to how these vary in different types of school. [73348]

Mr. Stephen Twigg

This Department has not commissioned any research into obesity amongst school children, or carried out any assessment as to how obesity varies in different types of school.