No specific assessments have been made. The Chief Medical Officer is clear that being physically active is important to long-term health and crucial for keeping people healthy during the ongoing pandemic. Evidence suggests that regular physical activity can promote good physical health and help manage stress and anxiety.

Throughout the pandemic, parks and outdoor green spaces have remained open. People are allowed to leave their homes for exercise and recreation outdoors, with their household or on their own, or with one person from another household or support bubble.

The government recognises the value of physical activity for pupils. Schools have the freedom to decide which programmes they wish to adopt to suit their pupils.

Active Movement Limited is a private company and the department has not made any assessment of the programme on exam achievement levels.

The cross-Government sport strategy, Sporting Future, set out how important it is for all children to be healthy and active. The Active Movement programme aims to combat sedentary behaviour, and we would be happy to meet them to discuss effective ways to encourage children and young people to enjoy active lifestyles.

We want all pupils to be healthy and active and we welcome schemes such as Active Movement, which encourage pupils to participate more in physical activity. However, there are currently no plans to assess or roll out the Active Movement programme to all schools. This Government gives schools the freedom to choose how to use the primary PE and sport premium to improve their PE and sport provision. PE remains a compulsory subject at all four key stages in the national curriculum. The national curriculum sets out the expectation that pupils should be physically active for sustained periods of time.

Through the primary PE and sport premium, the Government has provided over £450 million of ring-fenced funding to primary schools to improve PE and sport[1]. As announced in the 2016 Budget, revenue from the soft drinks industry levy will be used to double the primary PE and sport premium to £320 million a year from September 2017, enabling them to further improve the quality and breadth of PE and sport they offer.

This is part of a wider government commitment to cut obesity rates; linking in to work across Whitehall, including DCMS’ recent Sports Strategy and DH’s forthcoming Childhood Obesity Strategy (expected to be launched in summer 2016).

[1] Across the academic years 2013/14 to 2015/16.

We want all pupils to be healthy and active. We welcome schemes such as Active Movement which encourage pupils to participate more in physical activity. This Government gives schools the freedom to choose how to use the primary PE and sport premium to improve their PE and sport provision. PE remains a compulsory subject at all four key stages in the national curriculum. The national curriculum sets out the expectation that pupils should be physically active for sustained periods of time.

Through the primary PE and sport premium, the Government has provided over £450 million of ring-fenced funding to primary schools to improve PE and sport[1]. As announced in the 2016 Budget, revenue from the soft drinks industry levy will be used to double the primary PE and sport premium to £320 million a year from September 2017, enabling them to further improve the quality and breadth of PE and sport they offer.

This is part of a wider government commitment to cut obesity rates, together with DCMS’ recent Sports Strategy and DH’s forthcoming Childhood Obesity Strategy, which is expected to be launched in summer 2016.

[1] Across the academic years 2013/14 to 2015/16.

The Prison Act 1952 sets out the statutory requirements for physical education (PE) and the legal minimum provision of one hour a week for adults (Prison Rules 1999, Rule 29) and two hours a week for young offenders (Young Offender Rules 2000, Rule 41).

The National Offender Management Service promotes participation in PE and Prison Service Instruction 58/2001 Physical Education for Prisoners specifies the requirement for fair and equal access to PE facilities for all prisoners, including young offenders.

There are no current plans to introduce charging of prisoners for the use of gyms and swimming pools in prisons and young offender institutions.

We have announced significant changes to the policy framework of the Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) scheme, which operates in all prisons. The new arrangements will be implemented across the adult estate. Under the revised IEP policy, from November, access to exercise facilities above the minimum allowance will have to be earned by engaging with the regime and demonstrating commitment to their rehabilitation, as well as demonstrating good behaviour. Any such access must take place outside the core working day.

PE in prisons focuses on rehabilitation and reducing reoffending through a range of structured activities and intervention programmes and should not be confused with community participation in leisure activities. Prisoners are encouraged to address their offending behaviour, adopt healthy lifestyles, gain employability skills/qualifications and tackle substance misuse issues, PE supports those prisoners with physical and mental health issues by providing the opportunity for modified PE activity and reduces health inequalities by providing access for all prisoners.