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Oral answer to question provided on Tuesday, 19 December 2006 in the House of Lords, by Lord Warner (Labour).

Children: Obesity

Answer: My Lords, we must not always look to the past; we must look at what is happening now and in the future. As I indicated in my Answer, we are on track to achieve the PSA target and 80 per cent of schoolchildren now do at least two hours of school sport a week. We believe that we can and should do more. Our long-term ambition is for all children to spend at least four hours every week on sport by 2010.

This is an answer to the Oral question asked on Tuesday, 19 December 2006 by Baroness Verma (Conservative).

Question: My Lords, will the Minister confirm that the Government are on target to halt the rise in obesity among children under the age of 11, as set out in July 2004? Given that exercise is such an important part of the equation, why, from 2000 to 2005, did the proportion of children taking part in sporting activities drop from 15 per cent to 10 per cent?

Secondary information

Type: Oral answer to question
Reference: 687 c1894
Session: 2006-07
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Subjects: Children Obesity National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Link: View this Oral answer to question on www.publications.parliament.uk