Question follow-through · 113525
Physical Education: Obesity
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to funding for physical education and sports on child obesity.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 20 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 2 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to funding for physical education and sports on child obesity.
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Mar 2026
Answer published
Physical activity is an important part of a healthy lifestyle that plays a role in tackling childhood obesity.Too many children and young people do not meet the Chief Medical Officer’s recommendation of 60 minutes of daily physical activity. The departmen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria will be used to determine which children and young people will be eligible for an Education, Health and Care Plan under the proposed reformed SEND system.
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15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is to introducing the Education for All Bill.