To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS trusts have a nutrition (a) screening committee and (b) a support team. (280493)

This information is not held centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department has issued to primary care trusts on the inclusion of indicators of malnutrition in joint strategic needs assessments. (280500)

A core dataset is available on the Department’s website at:

www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_081097