The childhood obesity public service agreement (PSA) “to halt the year-on-year rise in obesity in 2 to 10 year olds by 2010” is jointly held by the Department, Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Mechanisms are in place to ensure that contributions from relevant government departments are properly co-ordinated and discussed at official and ministerial level. These include the Obesity Programme Board, which meets quarterly and includes senior departmental officials from Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Treasury, DfES, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Food Standards Agency, and DCMS. The cross-Government Ministerial Committee on Domestic Affairs sub-Committee on Public Health has the obesity PSA as a standing agenda item at each of its regular meeting.
I also refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 18 May 2006, Official Report, column 1204W.