Health: Bicycles
Commons · Question 14752 · Tabled 18 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Simon Opher
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential health benefits of improving access to cycles for people on low incomes.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 21 Nov 2024
We know that reducing physical inactivity is beneficial for everyone and evidence suggests that cycling has positive physical and mental health benefits. Public Health England’s cycling and walking evidence review, published in 2018, found mixed evidence ...