Tom Pursglove
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(5 years, 10 months ago)
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Nick Gibb
Yes; we take these issues very seriously. We take swift action when free schools such as that one fail. It was sponsored by the Newcastle colleges, with Newcastle University’s involvement, but it was not delivering the required results so we took swift action and closed it. All the pupils will be placed in other, better schools.
Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)
What steps is the Minister taking to ensure that daily mile initiatives are included as part of the childhood obesity strategy?
Nadhim Zahawi
On top of what we are doing, including the £26 million for breakfast clubs and the doubling of the physical education and sports premium, we would like schools to embrace the active mile as a simple, fun and inclusive way to build physical activity.