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Written question asked by Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 13 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 March 2009. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Friday, 20 March 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Exercise

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what methodology his Department uses to assess progress towards the target of getting two million people more active by 2012; on which date such assessment began; to which age groups the target is applied; on what basis a person may be classified as more active; and whether the target is applied to people with (a) mental health problems, (b) physical disabilities and (c) learning disabilities.
Answer

I have been asked to reply.The Government's 2012 legacy action plan, published in June 2008, sets a cross-Government target to get two million more adults active through sport and physical activity by 2012. The Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) and Sport England lead on getting one million people doing more sport. A range of Government Departments will deliver programmes that will increase wider physical activity. These programmes are outlined in the Department of Health's new Physical Activity Plan "Be Active, Be Healthy" published on 11 February 2009. A copy has been placed in the Library.Sport England's Active People survey will be the measure for the two million target. The baseline for the target will be established using the 2007-08 Active People survey, the results of which were published on 11 December 2008. The target is based on those adults aged 16 and over achieving three sessions of at least 30 minutes of at least moderate intensity activity per week. The target will also be informed by additional data collected on dance, active conservation and gardening from January 2009. A newly established Physical Activity Programme Board, chaired jointly by the Department and DCMS, will oversee the delivery of programmes against the Legacy Action Plan (LAP) target.The LAP target applies to all adults aged over 16 and "Be Active, Be Healthy" recognises that people with disabilities, ranging from physical and neurological to sensory impairments and learning disabilities are at particular risk from inactivity.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
489 c1366-7W;489 c1368-9W; 264437
Session
2008-09
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2009-0910
Friday, 20 March 2009
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Exercise
Link
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