Question follow-through · 905441
Outdoor Recreation: Public Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of increasing public access to the outdoors on public health.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of increasing public access to the outdoors on public health.
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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4 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises health and wellbeing benefits of outdoor access and is taking action to increase opportunities for everyone to engage with nature through nine new national river walks and three new national forests. We work closely with DHSC to ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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