Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Edward Timpson Excerpts
Monday 22nd June 2020

(3 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Gavin Williamson Portrait Gavin Williamson
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I feel the answer can only be yes.

Edward Timpson Portrait Edward Timpson (Eddisbury) (Con)
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On the same theme, recent data from Sport England suggests that one in three children have been less physically active during lockdown, with one in 10 doing no physical exercise at all. Will my right hon. Friend take the opportunity today, during National School Sport Week, to confirm that the instrumental PE and sport premium for primary schools, which is worth £320 million a year and was introduced by the coalition Government in 2013, will have its funding guaranteed for the next academic year, 2020-21?