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Written Question
Physical Education and Sports
Monday 24th March 2025

Asked by: Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat - North Cornwall)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education to prioritise (a) PE and (b) school sports within the school day.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and the Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth regularly meet with Ministerial counterparts from the Department for Education on a range of issues, including PE and school sport. The Minister for Sport recently attended a meeting with a range of National Governing Bodies on access to PE and school sport, hosted by the Minister for School Standards.