PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(27 October 2025)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of local authority-led initiatives to increase physical activity on public health outcomes.

Asked by:
Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Labour)

The Department recognises the vital role of local authorities in promoting physical activity and continues to support them with this through the Public Health Grant, the Public Health Outcomes Framework, and by working with other departments on the development of a standard evaluation framework to help assess the impact of physical activity interventions like active travel.

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