How can we encourage active lifestyles? Lords question officials
The House of Lords Select Committee on a National Plan for Sport and Recreation holds its first public meeting on 2 December and takes evidence from leading officials from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the Department for Health and Social Care and the Department for Education.
Meeting details
At 3:30pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry
National Plan for Sport and Recreation
Director for Qualifications, Curriculum and Extracurricular at Department for Education
Director for Population Health at Department for Health and Social Care
Director for Sport and Gambling at Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
At 4:45pm: Private discussion
Inquiry
National Plan for Sport and Recreation
Possible questions include:
- How do the departments work together to deliver initiatives to increase physical activity?
- Whether the 2015 Sporting Future strategy is still a priority for the government and if it has lost momentum?
- With the imminent abolition of Public Health England, who will take on its role in promoting activity and reducing obesity?
- The impact of the School Sport and Activity Action Plan and Sport Premium on improving access to sports in schools.
- What more can be done to increase participation in sport amongst under-represented groups including women and girls, ethnic minorities, disabled people, older people and those from less affluent backgrounds?
- What the government is doing to tackle racism, homophobia, misogyny and transphobia in sport, at all levels?