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Written question asked by Baroness Berger (Labour) on Thursday, 8 January 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 January 2015. It was answered by Jane Ellison (Conservative) on Thursday, 15 January 2015 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Walking

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department allocated to projects aimed at increasing walking between (a) 2005 and 2010 and (b) 2010 and 2014.

Answer

Between 2005 and 2010, the Department of Health funded the following:

- in 2008, Schools on the Move £500,000;

- in 2008, Step-O-Meter programme £290,000;

- in 2009, a Section 64 Grant of £1.8 million to Walk England for Active Challenge Routes;

- in 2009, the Department awarded £800,000 to deliver the Walking once a Week scheme, focusing on areas outside London with high levels of childhood obesity; and

- from 2008 to 2010, the Department funded £5.2 million for Walking for Health.

Between 2010 and 2014, the Department of Health funded the following:

- in 2013, we funded £1.2 million over two years, through Department for Transport, for five walking cities – Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds/Bradford, Norwich and Cambridge.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
220190
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Walking
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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