Question follow-through · 39145
Leisure and Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of moving responsibility for sports and leisure provision into his Department.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
18 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of moving responsibility for sports and leisure provision into his Department.
20 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
There have been no discussions with Cabinet colleagues on moving the responsibility for sports and leisure provision into the Department of Health and Social Care, nor are there any plans to make an assessment of the potential impact on public health of d...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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ADHD: Diagnosis
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ADHD: Diagnosis
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General Practitioners: Recruitment and Training
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Neurodiversity: Medical Treatments
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