Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will introduce guidance to local health authorities recommending that they work with local sports bodies to improve fitness and activity levels in the local population.

Local authorities have responsibility for the commissioning of health improvement services and it is for them to decide how best to meet local needs and priorities.

In October 2015, Public Health England published ‘Everybody Active, Every Day’, which used evidence from international examples and from over 1,000 local and national stakeholders to suggest ways to increase physical activity and reduce physical inactivity in local communities in England.