Pupils: Active Travel
Commons · Question 36843 · Tabled 10 Mar 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of children travelling to school by (a) walking, (b) wheeling and (c) cycling on learning.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 14 Mar 2025
The publication ’Physical activity guidelines: UK Chief Medical Officers' report’, states that the benefits for young people of doing regular physical exercise include improved learning and attainment. The full publication can be read here: https://assets...