The Department has not commissioned an assessment on the effect of air pollution on levels of physical activity of people in the United Kingdom.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published web-based information on how to use the Daily Air Quality Index. This includes health advice for members of the public—in particular those with conditions that may make them sensitive to the effects of air pollutants—to reduce levels of exercise outdoors during periods of elevated air pollution.

Public Health England is only able to supply data for the period January 2012 to January 2013. Data are not available by constituency. The data presented in table 1 are for selected local authority (LA) areas in the North East Region.

The data presented in table 2 are for England only. Data are not available for children and data on specific age groups is only available at a national level.

Table 1 presents data from the Active People Survey (APS). The data was collected between January 2012 to January 2013, ie APS6 Quarter 2 to APS7 Quarter 1.

In that period 151,912 adults were surveyed. The APS measures the proportion of adults (aged 16 and over) participating in sport and/or undertaking some form of physical activity at moderate intensity (or higher).

The figures provided are row percentages. The row percentages show the percentage of people in a category and is weighted by: age by gender, ethnicity, household size, working status within gender and National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC). The row percentages are weighted to adjust the results so that they are representative of the whole population at LA, County Sport Partnership, regional and national level.

South Tyneside has a lower proportion of people aged 16 and over participating in sport and/or undertaking some, form of physical activity at moderate intensity (or higher), than the percentage for the North East and nationally.

Table 2 relating to exercise in age bands are only available at a national level in the age band presented in the table.

Additional information on other indicators relating to participation in sport are available from

http://activepeople.sportengland.org/

Public Health England is only able to supply data for the period January 2012 to January 2013. Data are not available by constituency. The data presented in table 1 are for selected local authority (LA) areas in the North East Region.

The data presented in table 2 are for England only. Data are not available for children and data on specific age groups is only available at a national level.

Table 1 presents data from the Active People Survey (APS). The data was collected between January 2012 to January 2013, ie APS6 Quarter 2 to APS7 Quarter 1.

In that period 151,912 adults were surveyed. The APS measures the proportion of adults (aged 16 and over) participating in sport and/or undertaking some form of physical activity at moderate intensity (or higher).

The figures provided are row percentages. The row percentages show the percentage of people in a category and is weighted by: age by gender, ethnicity, household size, working status within gender and National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC). The row percentages are weighted to adjust the results so that they are representative of the whole population at LA, County Sport Partnership, regional and national level.

South Tyneside has a lower proportion of people aged 16 and over participating in sport and/or undertaking some, form of physical activity at moderate intensity (or higher), than the percentage for the North East and nationally.

Table 2 relating to exercise in age bands are only available at a national level in the age band presented in the table.

Additional information on other indicators relating to participation in sport are available from

http://activepeople.sportengland.org/

Public Health England is only able to supply data for the period January 2012 to January 2013. Data are not available by constituency. The data presented in table 1 are for selected local authority (LA) areas in the North East Region.

The data presented in table 2 are for England only. Data are not available for children and data on specific age groups is only available at a national level.

Table 1 presents data from the Active People Survey (APS). The data was collected between January 2012 to January 2013, ie APS6 Quarter 2 to APS7 Quarter 1.

In that period 151,912 adults were surveyed. The APS measures the proportion of adults (aged 16 and over) participating in sport and/or undertaking some form of physical activity at moderate intensity (or higher).

The figures provided are row percentages. The row percentages show the percentage of people in a category and is weighted by: age by gender, ethnicity, household size, working status within gender and National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC). The row percentages are weighted to adjust the results so that they are representative of the whole population at LA, County Sport Partnership, regional and national level.

South Tyneside has a lower proportion of people aged 16 and over participating in sport and/or undertaking some, form of physical activity at moderate intensity (or higher), than the percentage for the North East and nationally.

Table 2 relating to exercise in age bands are only available at a national level in the age band presented in the table.

Additional information on other indicators relating to participation in sport are available from

http://activepeople.sportengland.org/

Public Health England is only able to supply data for the period January 2012 to January 2013. Data are not available by constituency. The data presented in table 1 are for selected local authority (LA) areas in the North East Region.

The data presented in table 2 are for England only. Data are not available for children and data on specific age groups is only available at a national level.

Table 1 presents data from the Active People Survey (APS). The data was collected between January 2012 to January 2013, ie APS6 Quarter 2 to APS7 Quarter 1.

In that period 151,912 adults were surveyed. The APS measures the proportion of adults (aged 16 and over) participating in sport and/or undertaking some form of physical activity at moderate intensity (or higher).

The figures provided are row percentages. The row percentages show the percentage of people in a category and is weighted by: age by gender, ethnicity, household size, working status within gender and National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC). The row percentages are weighted to adjust the results so that they are representative of the whole population at LA, County Sport Partnership, regional and national level.

South Tyneside has a lower proportion of people aged 16 and over participating in sport and/or undertaking some, form of physical activity at moderate intensity (or higher), than the percentage for the North East and nationally.

Table 2 relating to exercise in age bands are only available at a national level in the age band presented in the table.

Additional information on other indicators relating to participation in sport are available from

http://activepeople.sportengland.org/

The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a range of guidance on pain and pain management. This guidance represents evidence-based best practice and provides a clear description of what high-quality health and social care services look like, so that organisations can improve quality and achieve excellence.

The Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Guideline CG79, published by NICE in 2009, states people with rheumatoid arthritis should have access to specialist physiotherapy, with periodic review, to:

improve general fitness and encourage regular exercise; and

learn exercises for joint flexibility, muscle strength and managing other functional impairments.

NICE has also published Clinical Guidance on Low Back Pain, CG88. The guidance includes a recommendation to ‘advise people with low back pain that staying physically active is likely to be beneficial’ and highlights as a key priority for implementation a recommendation to clinicians to consider offering a structured exercise programme tailored to the individual.

The Department expects clinical commissioning groups to take into account any relevant NICE guidance as they design services to meet the needs of patients.

While there is an indicator in the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) on physical activity levels, there are no indicators in the PHOF specifically on physical activity levels among people with back pain, osteoarthritis and other painful musculoskeletal conditions.

The Department will not add new indicators to the PHOF until 2016 to provide local authorities with stability in prioritising and commissioning public health interventions. The current PHOF will be reviewed in late 2015.

Our ambition is to be the first host nation to increase the number of people getting active through playing sport off the back of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 15.5 million people aged 16 and over are playing sport at least once a week, which is 1.6 million more than when we won the bid in 2005.

The importance of physical activity for older adults is well established. Council leisure centres offer one way for older adults to participate in physical activity; however, there are typically a range of other local opportunities for older adults to stay active, such as regular walking and community sports clubs. Councils will need to plan services in accordance with the health priorities of their local population and need to ensure equality of access.

Public Health England (PHE) is actively working with a range of national strategic partners to promote physical activity across the life course and implement evidence based practice. The work being led by PHE to develop a national framework for physical activity for England is launching on the 24 January 2014. The framework will provide an implementation focused approach which spans the life course and the context of places and spaces in which people take physical activity to support local areas.

The Government do not hold the data requested at constituency, county or national level. However, the Taking Part survey collects data on children taking part in competitive sport and, within that, club membership.

In the last survey data published in August 2013, 78.6% of pupils in England had played competitive sport in school in the last 12 months. Of those aged 11 to 15, 31% had been a member of a club that plays sport in school. Outside school hours, 37.1% of children had played competitive sport in the last 12 months. Of that figure, 26.5% of five to 15-year-olds had been a member of a club that plays sport.

Work in prisons is a key priority to ensure prisoners are engaged purposefully while they are in custody. It also gives them the opportunity to learn skills and a work ethic which can increase their chances of finding employment on release, a key element to reducing reoffending.

Our reforms to the Incentives and Earned Privileges national policy framework came into effect in adult prisons on 1 November 2013. Prisoners will be expected to engage in purposeful activity, as well as demonstrate a commitment towards their rehabilitation, reduce their risk of reoffending, behave well and help others if they are to earn privileges.

The number of prisoners working in industrial activity in public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-11 to around 9,700 in 2012-13. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 13.1 million hours.

In addition there are substantial numbers of prisoners who work to keep prisons running on tasks such as cooking, serving meals, maintenance and cleaning.

Information on purposeful activity in each prison and category of prison was published annually in the Prison Performance Digest up until 2011-12 and can be found at the following location:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/163299/prison-performance-digest-2011-12.xls

Please note that figures are not available after 2011-12. Purposeful activity was formerly a performance indicator for prisons, but was discontinued at the start of 2012-13. The indicator was not used in the day-to-day management of prisons and NOMS had concerns over the burden on the front line of collecting the information. Indicators introduced into prison SLAs in respect of rehabilitation, resettlement and work in prisons provide a better demonstration of efforts to prepare prisoners for release and reduce reoffending.

Figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Figures are published in the NOMS Annual Report Management Information Addendum:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf