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Written question asked by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Wednesday, 22 November 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 24 November 2017. It was answered by Robert Goodwill (Conservative) on Thursday, 30 November 2017 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Children: Exercise

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made on collating and publishing examples of good practice such as The Daily Mile in increasing children’s physical activity levels in schools.

Answer

We are aware of a number of active mile programmes working with schools. Active miles are an excellent opportunity for schools to support their pupils to be physically active throughout the school day.

Officials have met with representatives from active mile providers and will continue to discuss good practice. This will ensure that active mile programmes can best meet the needs of schools and enable pupils to be physically active throughout the school day.

The government has worked with physical education (PE) and school sport partners to identify good practice examples for the PE and Sport Premium. They have been published on the Teaching blog at:

https://teaching.blog.gov.uk/category/pe-and-sport-premium/.

The government has doubled the primary PE and Sport Premium to £320 million a year from September 2017. Updated guidance was published in October 2017 and case studies were published via the Teaching blog site on GOV.UK.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
115044
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Children Exercise
Link
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