Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 61167
Physical Education: Obesity
Tabled: 19 June 2025
Answered: 26 June 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to increase the number of hours of PE lessons available to schoolchildren to help tackle obesity.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellEducation is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.The government has committed to support more children to be active by protecting time for physical education (PE) and by empowering more schools to provide high-qua...
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