Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 80004
Health: Recreation Spaces
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Andy MacNae
Labour — Rossendale and Darwen
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) mental and (b) physical health benefits of having access to (i) green and (ii) blue spaces for recreation.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe ability to access green and blue space is associated with improved physical and mental health and increased healthy life expectancy.The Government recognises the importance of providing access to the outdoors for people's health and wellbeing, and has...
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