Question follow-through · 36741

Children and Young People: Exercise

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to boost physical activity among children and young people.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
12 Mar 2025
Answer
28 Mar 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to boost physical activity among children and young people.

  2. 12 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    This government is committed to providing all young people with more opportunities to be physically active. We have set out our intention to support more children to be active by protecting time for PE in schools and working across government to support t...

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