Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 14752

Health: Bicycles

Tabled: 18 November 2024
Answered: 21 November 2024
Named Day

Question

Dr Simon Opher

LabourStroud

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential health benefits of improving access to cycles for people on low incomes.

Answer

We know that reducing physical inactivity is beneficial for everyone and evidence suggests that cycling has positive physical and mental health benefits. Public Health England’s cycling and walking evidence review, published in 2018, found mixed evidence ...

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