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Health: Bicycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential health benefits of improving access to cycles for people on low incomes.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
21 Nov 2024
Answer
21 Nov 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential health benefits of improving access to cycles for people on low incomes.

  2. 21 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    We know that reducing physical inactivity is beneficial for everyone and evidence suggests that cycling has positive physical and mental health benefits. Public Health England’s cycling and walking evidence review, published in 2018, found mixed evidence ...

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