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Exercise: Departmental Coordination

Asked by Dame Caroline DinenageConservativeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 8 June 2026UIN 4091

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with cabinet colleagues to develop further details of the Government’s strategy on physical activity; and what role the Department of Health and Social Care is playing in that work.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock

The Government is developing a cross-government National Plan for Physical Activity, fulfilling the recommendation of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee and referenced in the NHS 10-Year Health Plan.

Working jointly with the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Education, this Plan will tackle physical inactivity by embedding sport into local communities. It will align major cross-departmental investments to maximize impact, including DCMS facilities funding, Sport England reform, and Active Travel funding.

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