Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2021 to Question 87719, on Primary Education: Sports, if he will outline his timetable for updating the School Sport and Activity Action Plan.

The government remains committed to the ambitions set out in the School Sport and Activity Action Plan and the department will publish an update to the plan later this year to align with publication of the government’s new sport strategy. This update will not only recover ground lost during COVID-19 restrictions but will boost momentum to deliver an action plan for all pupils regardless of background. The update will be backed by nearly £30 million a year to improve the teaching of physical education at primary school and open school sport facilities outside of the school day.