To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of (a) children and (b) adults are (i) obese and (ii) overweight when measured by body mass index according to the Government’s most recent health survey figures in (A) Bury St. Edmunds constituency, (B) Suffolk county council area, (C) the East of England and (D) England. (79393)

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 22 June 2006, Official Report, columns 2104-05W to the hon. Member for Peterborough (Mr. Jackson).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the cost was of (a) producing the “Obesity care pathway and weight loss guide” booklets and (b) sending them to the recipients; (80185)

To date, the Department has spent £198,000 on producing the “Obesity care pathway and weight loss guide” booklets and £27,751 in sending these materials to the recipients.

The Department intends to evaluate the effectiveness of the “Obesity care pathway and the weight loss guide” booklets early next year. The detailed process and methodology of the evaluation are currently under consideration.