Exercise: Children

(asked on 13th July 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of children who are partaking in 60 minutes of daily exercise.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 21st July 2015

This is a devolved matter.

On 2 July, Public Heath England launched the “Change4Life” 10 Minute Shake Up campaign with Disney. This aims to inspire the nation's children to get moving and help them achieve the recommended 60 minutes of exercise per day.

The Department also funds the PE and Sport Premium for Primary Schools and School Games with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Education to encourage more children and young people to become active.

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