Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 89325

Social Prescribing

Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of green social proscribing on levels of mental health and wellbeing.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Government recognises the health and wellbeing benefits of outdoor access and will continue to champion these benefits, which the Green Social Prescribing programme has evidenced. Phase 1 of the Green Social Prescribing programme ran until March 2023 ...

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