Question follow-through · 104096
Exercise: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of disparities in physical activity levels within individual constituencies, and how these disparities are addressed in national health policy.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 7 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 26 Jan 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Basildon University Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments · 8 Jan 2026
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- Health Services: Payments · 9 Jan 2026
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- Health: Children · 14 Jan 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
7 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of disparities in physical activity levels within individual constituencies, and how these disparities are addressed in national health policy.
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jan 2026
Answer published
Data on the percentage of physically active adults is published in the Public Health Outcomes Framework. The data is not published at constituency level, but rather at a national level and for local authorities. Further information is available at the fol...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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