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1010666

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Exercise: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of children who engage in the Chief Medical Officer’s national recommended level of activity.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	193555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>According to the Health Survey for England, in 2015 22% of children (23% of boys and 20% of girls) aged 5-15 met the physical activity guidelines of being at least moderately active for at least 60 minutes every day. This is higher than in 2012, when 21% of boys and 16% of girls met the guidelines. However this excludes school-based activities and active travel. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-physical-activity-guidelines" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-physical-activity-guidelines</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the government’s Sporting Future strategy, Sport England’s remit was extended to cover children from age 5+. Government departments including DCMS, DfE and DHSC have worked with Sport England to develop the new Active Lives: Children and Young People survey. This survey launched in schools in September 2017 and will measure in much more detail how children and young people engage in sport and physical activity, and how many are meeting the Chief Medical Officer's guidelines, both in and out of school. The first set of data will be available on 6 December.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 30/11/2018 12:29:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

983221

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Exercise: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the cost to the public purse of encouraging children to be physically active in their early years as set out in the sporting future strategy 2015.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	176091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care regularly speaks to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a range of issues. The Department does not hold a record of a discussion between the current Secretary of State and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on this specific issue.</p><p>Officials from the Department of Health and Social Care have regular discussions with officials from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to review the implementation of Sporting Futures Strategy. Discussions include reviewing programmes to embed physical activity into care pathways and raising awareness of the United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers’ physical activity guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 176090 question first answered 16/10/2018 16:23:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

862199

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Exercise: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of trends in the weekly level of physical activity for people aged 16 years and under since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	132618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Levels of physical activity for children and young people are captured through the Active Lives (Children and Young People) Survey which was launched in schools in September 2017. Sport England developed the survey in response to the extension of its remit to cover children aged 5+, in the Sporting Future strategy published by Government in December 2015. The survey will provide robust data on how children (aged 5-15) engage with sport and physical activity. The first set of results will be available in early 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the development of the Active Lives (Children and Young People) Survey, activity levels of 14-16 year olds were measured through the Active People Survey, which collected data from the period of October 2005 to September 2016. Data is available online: https://www.sportengland.org/research/about-our-research/active-people-survey/.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, some data on children’s sport participation is also gathered through the Taking Part survey. Data is available online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sat--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sat--2</a></p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 19/03/2018 15:22:27 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

837789

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Exercise: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made under its Childhood Obesity Plan to develop an interactive online tool for schools to help plan opportunities for children to be physically active.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	126820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The Active School Planner was launched in October 2017. This interactive online tool will help schools identify gaps in the existing opportunities for children to be active and will recommend a number of solutions they can choose, for example after school clubs, initiatives such as the daily mile, creating an active playground or having an active lesson.</p><p> </p><p>The tool is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.activeschoolplanner.org/" target="_blank">www.activeschoolplanner.org/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/02/2018 15:31:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

833799

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Exercise: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Active Movement programme on activity levels amongst children.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	125557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The cross-Government sport strategy, Sporting Future, set out how important it is for all children to be healthy and active. The Active Movement programme aims to combat sedentary behaviour, and we would be happy to meet them to discuss effective ways to encourage children and young people to enjoy active lifestyles.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 06/02/2018 12:35:12 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

712980

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Exercise: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to launch the Daily Mile nationwide in England.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	68767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>The Chief Medical Officer recommends that all children aged five-18 should get at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published a Childhood Obesity Plan for Action in August 2016, which can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childhood-obesity-a-plan-for-action" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childhood-obesity-a-plan-for-action</a></p><p> </p><p>This plan states that for all primary school children, at least 30 minutes of physical activity should be delivered in school every day through active break times, Physical Education, extra curricular clubs, active lessons or other sport and physical activity events. Schools have the freedom to decide how to meet this expectation and which programmes, such as The Daily Mile, they choose to adopt.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 24/03/2017 11:38:12 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

712107

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Exercise: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to provide advice to parents and carers on ensuring primary school-aged children undertake the recommended amount of physical activity each day.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	68387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s Childhood Obesity Plan sets out a range of actions to promote physical activity in primary school aged children.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of advice to parents, Change4Life is Public Health England’s flagship social marketing programme aiming to inspire a social movement, through which government, the National Health Service, local authorities, businesses, charities, schools, families and community leaders could all play a part in helping children to eat well and move more and specifically that children need 60 minutes of physical activity each day.</p><p> </p><p>Change4Life Sports Clubs are specifically targeted at the least active young people. They are run as extracurricular clubs held at lunchtimes and after school and use sport as a vehicle to promote physical activity, health and wellbeing.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 22/03/2017 11:03:25 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

679691

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Exercise: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to ring-fence a proportion of the revenue raised from the sugar levy to support the least active children to exercise more.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
uin	62057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>We want all pupils to be healthy and active. Since 2013, we have invested over £600 million of ring-fenced funding to improve PE and sport in primary schools through the Primary PE and Sport premium. Evidence indicates that the funding is having a major impact, with 84% of schools reporting an increase in pupil engagement in PE during curricular time and in the levels of participation in extra-curricular activities.</p><p> </p><p>Schools have the freedom to decide how best to use the funding based on the needs of their pupils, and the evidence indicates that the majority of schools are already targeting some of their funding at the least active pupils within their schools.</p><p> </p><p>But we know that there is more to do, which is we have committed to using revenue from the soft drinks industry levy to double the primary PE and sport premium to £320 million a year from September 2017. This will enable schools to make further improvements to the quality and breadth of their PE and sport provision.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 02/02/2017 17:18:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

652722

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Exercise: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of inactivity on children's academic performance.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	56290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>Generally, researchers have tended to investigate whether there is a correlation between physical activity and academic performance (and not inactivity). A systematic review of the literature did conclude that there is a positive long term association with moderate to vigorous physical activity on academic attainment in some subjects.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 14/12/2016 17:19:00 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

652347

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Exercise: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of how many children meet recommended weekly physical activity guidance in each year from 2011 to 2016.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	56139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The latest survey report, Health Survey for England 2012, showed that 21% of boys and 16% of girls aged 5-15 meet the guidelines of at least 60 minutes a day of moderate intensity physical activity.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 13/12/2016 16:37:18 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson