Oral Answers to Questions

Craig Tracey Excerpts

Monday 29th April 2024 Commons Chamber

[Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire) (Con)]

4. If her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of sports and PE on mental resilience in young people.

[The Minister for Schools (Damian Hinds)]

It is well and widely recognised that PE and sport support children and young people’s health and general wellbeing. The school sport and activity action plan update, published in July 2023, sets out how we will support all young people to participate in PE and sport in school.

[Craig Tracey]

I recently hosted an event here in Parliament with Nick Dougherty, the golfer, and the Golf Foundation to kick off their Unleash Your Drive programme, an amazing initiative providing young people with the life skills they need to survive in the modern world, including mental resilience. The scheme has been rolled out to over 500 schools since September last year, with fantastic results. Will the Minister meet me and the Golf Foundation to discuss this success and how we can encourage more schools to teach mental toughness skills through sport, as part of the school sport and activity action plan?

[Damian Hinds]

I know about the good work of the Golf Foundation, under the leadership of Brendon Pyle. I would be very happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss its work, specifically the Unleash Your Drive programme.