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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what methodology his Department uses to assess progress towards the target of two million people becoming more active by 2012; what date is being used as the baseline for the target; to which age groups the target is applied;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what methodology his Department uses to assess progress towards the target of two million people becoming more active by 2012; what date is being used as the baseline for the target; to which age groups the target is applied;...
Asked by
Tom Brake
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Gerry Sutcliffe
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
19 March 2009
For answer on
23 March 2009
Answered on
26 March 2009
The Government's 2012 Legacy Action Plan (LAP), published in June 2008, sets a cross-Government target to get two million more adults active through sport and physical activity by 2012. DCMS and Sport England lead on getting one million more people doing more sport. A range of Government departments will deliver programmes that will increase wider physical activity. Many of these programmes are outlined in the Department of Health's (DoH) new Physical Activity Plan 'Be Active, Be Healthy" published on 11 February 2009.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 DoH and DCMS, will oversee the delivery of programmes against the LAP target.The LAP target applies to all adults aged over 16. Both the Sport England Strategy and Be Active Be Healthy recognise that people with disabilities, ranging from physical and neurological to sensory impairments and learning disabilities are at particular risk from inactivity.
Subjects
Sports; Exercise
Date
26 March 2009
Reference
490 c570-1W;490 c566-7W; 266053
House
House of Commons
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...
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...
Asked by
Tom Brake
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
13 March 2009
For answer on
17 March 2009
Answered on
20 March 2009
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.
Subjects
Exercise
Date
20 March 2009
Reference
489 c1366-7W;489 c1368-9W; 264437
House
House of Commons
What discussions has the Secretary of State had with the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills about the consultation that that Department is conducting on informal learning, especially on the future of courses such as the exercise class that I attended at the Sutton College of Learning for Adults last Friday? Such provision is key to the delivery of the 1 per cent. increase in participation in physical activity that the Secretary of State wants to see. Can he promise some joined-up government and no cuts in exercise-related adult learning classes?
What discussions has the Secretary of State had with the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills about the consultation that that Department is conducting on informal learning, especially on the future of courses such as the exercise class that I attended at the Sutton College of Learning for Adults last Friday? Such provision is key to the delivery of the 1 per cent. increase in participation in physical activity that the Secretary of State wants to see. Can he promise some joined-up government and no cuts in exercise-related adult learning classes?
Asked by
Tom Brake
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Topical questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
23 June 2008
I have had one discussion with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills. Both he and I recognise that the worlds of sport, music, the arts and culture have the potential to contribute enormously to informal learning provision for older people.
I accept the hon. Gentleman's broad suggestion. The discussions are at the earliest stage and I do not want to imply that they are anywhere near finished, but I am thinking about how the DCMS world can make a contribution, and I will keep the hon. Gentleman up to date on progress.
Subjects
Adult education; Exercise
Date
23 June 2008
Reference
478 c13-4
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the studies conducted by him into the health benefits of walking in the last six years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the studies conducted by him into the health benefits of walking in the last six years.
Asked by
Tom Brake
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Melanie Johnson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
14 July 2003
For answer on
1 September 2003
Answered on
1 September 2003
Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the studies conducted by him into the health benefits of walking
in the last six years. [126547]
Miss Melanie Johnson: Regular walking can help in the maintenance of a healthy weight as well as helping to prevent and manage heart
disease.
Many studies have been carried out on the health benefits of walking. The Department is presently undertaking a review of the
evidence for the relationship between physical activity and health, which will be concerned with the full range of human activity
from competitive sport and exercise to walking, cycling, dancing or activity as part of work. We hope to publish the results of the
review at the end of the year to support enhanced public health efforts to promote regular physical activity.
Further evidence of the benefits of regular physical activity, including walking, will emerge from the forthcoming local exercise
action pilots (LEAP) that are being developed with Sport England and the Countryside Agency. The LEAP programme will test different
evidence based community approaches to increasing access to, and the levels of physical activity, with a particular focus on hard to
reach and at risk groups. Walking will be a feature of several of the LEAP pilots and will be included in the evaluation of the
whole programme.
Subjects
Health education; Research; Walking; Exercise
Date
1 September 2003
Reference
126547; 409 c960W
House
House of Commons