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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of primary school children who do not receive two hours of sport and physical education each week; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of primary school children who do not receive two hours of sport and physical education each week; and if she will make a statement.
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer to PQ 68370 from the Member for Crewe and Nantwich, the Minister for Children and Families. School sport is a matter for the Department of Education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to launch the Daily Mile nationwide in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to launch the Daily Mile nationwide in England.
The Chief Medical Officer recommends that all children aged five-18 should get at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day.
The Government published a Childhood Obesity Plan for Action in August 2016, which can be accessed here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childhood-obesity-a-plan-for-action
This plan states that for all primary school children, at least 30 minutes of physical activity should be delivered in school every day through active break times, Physical Education, extra curricular clubs, active lessons or other sport and physical activity events. Schools have the freedom to decide how to meet this expectation and which programmes, such as The Daily Mile, they choose to adopt.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to provide advice to parents and carers on ensuring primary school-aged children undertake the recommended amount of physical activity each day.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to provide advice to parents and carers on ensuring primary school-aged children undertake the recommended amount of physical activity each day.
The Government’s Childhood Obesity Plan sets out a range of actions to promote physical activity in primary school aged children.
In terms of advice to parents, Change4Life is Public Health England’s flagship social marketing programme aiming to inspire a social movement, through which government, the National Health Service, local authorities, businesses, charities, schools, families and community leaders could all play a part in helping children to eat well and move more and specifically that children need 60 minutes of physical activity each day.
Change4Life Sports Clubs are specifically targeted at the least active young people. They are run as extracurricular clubs held at lunchtimes and after school and use sport as a vehicle to promote physical activity, health and wellbeing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to tackle recent trends in physical activity rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to tackle recent trends in physical activity rates.
In December 2015 Government published Sporting Future, which set out a new vision for a successful and active sporting nation, where people of all ages and backgrounds can enjoy the benefits that sport and physical activity can provide, at every stage in their lives.
The strategy places a clear emphasis on targeting those who are hardest to reach including those from lower socio-economic groups, women and girls, those with a disability, certain BAME groups and older people.
60.7% of adults do the amount of physical activity recommended by the Chief Medical Officer of 150 Minutes a week. While this is encouraging, Sport England will triple its current investment in tackling inactivity to around £250 million, to help drive a more active and healthier nation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of his Department's funding was allocated to reduce physical inactivity in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17; and what he plans to spend on that in 2017-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of his Department's funding was allocated to reduce physical inactivity in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17; and what he plans to spend on that in 2017-18.
It is not possible to provide figures on what proportion of the Department’s funding is allocated to reduce physical inactivity because budgets from across the Department and Public Health England (PHE) contribute to this area.
The Department does not have a separate team in which members are working solely full-time on reducing physical inactivity or reducing obesity among children and adults. Officials from across the Department work flexibly and may have a role in these areas. In addition, officials from PHE also contribute to this work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department's officials are solely responsible for (a) reducing physical inactivity and (b) reducing obesity among children and adults.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department's officials are solely responsible for (a) reducing physical inactivity and (b) reducing obesity among children and adults.
It is not possible to provide figures on what proportion of the Department’s funding is allocated to reduce physical inactivity because budgets from across the Department and Public Health England (PHE) contribute to this area.
The Department does not have a separate team in which members are working solely full-time on reducing physical inactivity or reducing obesity among children and adults. Officials from across the Department work flexibly and may have a role in these areas. In addition, officials from PHE also contribute to this work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to establish a network of employers to encourage their staff to be more physically active.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to establish a network of employers to encourage their staff to be more physically active.
On 9 February this year we published Sporting Future - First Annual Report which confirms that Government is considering how best to take forward work on employers promoting physical activity in the light of publication of the Green Paper on Health and Work in October 2016. The government plans to announce proposals in March 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to promote physical activity among school pupils.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to promote physical activity among school pupils.
We want all pupils to be healthy and active. That is why PE remains a compulsory subject at all four key stages in the national curriculum, and why since 2013 the government has provided over £600m of ring-fenced funding through the Primary PE and Sport Premium to help improve the quality of PE provision.
This funding is making a big impact. In independent research, schools reported almost universally that the PE and Sport Premium had had a positive impact on pupils’ physical fitness, with 84 per cent of schools reporting an increase in pupil engagement in PE and in the levels of participation in extra-curricular activities.
We know however, that there is more to do to, which is why we are using revenue from the soft drinks industry levy to double the primary PE and Sport Premium to £320 million a year from September 2017. This is part of wider government work, including the recent Sports Strategy and Childhood Obesity Plan, to help cut obesity levels and increase rates of physical activity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to ring-fence a proportion of the revenue raised from the sugar levy to support the least active children to exercise more.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to ring-fence a proportion of the revenue raised from the sugar levy to support the least active children to exercise more.
We want all pupils to be healthy and active. Since 2013, we have invested over £600 million of ring-fenced funding to improve PE and sport in primary schools through the Primary PE and Sport premium. Evidence indicates that the funding is having a major impact, with 84% of schools reporting an increase in pupil engagement in PE during curricular time and in the levels of participation in extra-curricular activities.
Schools have the freedom to decide how best to use the funding based on the needs of their pupils, and the evidence indicates that the majority of schools are already targeting some of their funding at the least active pupils within their schools.
But we know that there is more to do, which is we have committed to using revenue from the soft drinks industry levy to double the primary PE and sport premium to £320 million a year from September 2017. This will enable schools to make further improvements to the quality and breadth of their PE and sport provision.
I totally agree that such behaviour is unacceptable, and we should not tolerate it in any form. I regularly go running, and I have been stopped for selfies, but never subjected to any catcalling. We can do more. Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign and other initiatives have really helped to narrow the gender gap in sports participation. The new Active Lives survey demonstrates that 59% of women are now doing at least 150 minutes of physical activity a week, which is the amount recommended by the Chief Medical Officer, but we can do much more to ensure that there are no barriers to women participating in sport.
I totally agree that such behaviour is unacceptable, and we should not tolerate it in any form. I regularly go running, and I have been stopped for selfies, but never subjected to any catcalling. We can do more. Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign and other initiatives have really helped to narrow the gender gap in sports participation. The new Active Lives survey demonstrates that 59% of women are now doing at least 150 minutes of physical activity a week, which is the amount recommended by the Chief Medical Officer, but we can do much more to ensure that there are no barriers to women participating in sport.
Research by England Athletics shows that more than a third of women have suffered harassment while out running. I chair the all-party parliamentary group for running. What further help can my right hon. Friend offer to challenge that behaviour, which is clearly a barrier to getting more women out running?
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Government made of how much each local authority spent on physical activity services per capita in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Government made of how much each local authority spent on physical activity services per capita in the last 12 months.
Local government spending on physical activity has not been formally analysed by the department. Local authorities receive a ring-fenced public health grant from the Department for Health but physical activity is a non-prescribed public health function. Local authorities are best placed to assess and deliver the services their communities need and are locally accountable for those decisions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2016 to Question 58805, on how many occasions (a) Ministers and (b) officials of her Department have met (i) Ofsted and (ii) the Department of Health on the Ofsted thematic review of obesity, healthy eating...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2016 to Question 58805, on how many occasions (a) Ministers and (b) officials of her Department have met (i) Ofsted and (ii) the Department of Health on the Ofsted thematic review of obesity, healthy eating...
Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with the Department for Health and Ofsted on a range of policy matters. Officials in the Department met with Ofsted and the Department for Health in November specifically to discuss the thematic review, and are due to meet again this month.
Motion that this House has considered the allocation of funding from the soft drinks industry levy for sport in schools. Motion lapsed.
Motion that this House has considered the allocation of funding from the soft drinks industry levy for sport in schools. Motion lapsed.
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the allocation of funding from the soft drinks industry levy for sport in schools.
May I say what a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David? This is a subject that I am passionate about. Since becoming an MP, I...
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the allocation of funding from the soft drinks industry levy for sport in schools.
May I say what a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David? This is a subject that I am passionate about. Since becoming an MP, I...
I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on bringing this important subject to the Chamber. Given his enthusiasm for sport in schools, which I share, would he like to comment on the coalition Government’s decision to scrap the school sport partnerships in 2010, which has had a really detrimental effect on sport...
I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on bringing this important subject to the Chamber. Given his enthusiasm for sport in schools, which I share, would he like to comment on the coalition Government’s decision to scrap the school sport partnerships in 2010, which has had a really detrimental effect on sport...
Actually, that was the very first time I rebelled—I was rewarded by sitting on some obscure European committees thing for five years to think carefully about my actions. The funding was not scrapped. There was a change and initially a proposal to remove the ring-fencing, but the money was then...
Actually, that was the very first time I rebelled—I was rewarded by sitting on some obscure European committees thing for five years to think carefully about my actions. The funding was not scrapped. There was a change and initially a proposal to remove the ring-fencing, but the money was then...
Before the hon. Gentleman leaves the issue of sport, no one is against using some of the sugar tax revenue for encouraging
greater sporting activities, but does he not accept that in his constituency, in mine and in everyone else’s, during the school holidays large numbers of children who would...
Before the hon. Gentleman leaves the issue of sport, no one is against using some of the sugar tax revenue for encouraging
greater sporting activities, but does he not accept that in his constituency, in mine and in everyone else’s, during the school holidays large numbers of children who would...
That is a powerful point, and I agree with the sentiment of it. I would not necessarily use the sugar tax money, but that is something that the Government could consider as a wider point. It is a fair point, and actually some of the head teachers in some of...
That is a powerful point, and I agree with the sentiment of it. I would not necessarily use the sugar tax money, but that is something that the Government could consider as a wider point. It is a fair point, and actually some of the head teachers in some of...
Does the hon. Gentleman recognise that many teachers across the UK are already running voluntary after-school clubs and taking their own time to offer the sorts of activities he is talking about?
Does the hon. Gentleman recognise that many teachers across the UK are already running voluntary after-school clubs and taking their own time to offer the sorts of activities he is talking about?
I absolutely pay tribute to teachers, parents and people in the local community who are prepared to give up their own time to provide constructive activities for young people. I want the Government to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit that Mark Draycott showed so that others can set up their own...
I absolutely pay tribute to teachers, parents and people in the local community who are prepared to give up their own time to provide constructive activities for young people. I want the Government to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit that Mark Draycott showed so that others can set up their own...