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 McKinnell
Education 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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