Question follow-through · 27739
Playgrounds
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the role of public playgrounds in helping to reduce levels of (a) childhood obesity and (b) physical inactivity.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 7 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 14 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the role of public playgrounds in helping to reduce levels of (a) childhood obesity and (b) physical inactivity.
9 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises that children’s play supports health, wellbeing, learning and social development, and can strengthen community cohesion by bringing children, families and residents together in shared local spaces. This is why the Ministry of Hou...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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