Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 100738

Pensioners: Exercise

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 14 January 2026

Question

Mr Will Forster

Liberal DemocratWoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to promote active and healthy lifestyles among pensioners, including through access to affordable physical activity and active travel.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The Government recognises that reducing physical inactivity and promoting active, healthy lifestyles in people of all ages, including among pensioners, is important in helping people live longer, healthier lives, and is a key part of the Department’s shif...

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