Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the population of (a) England and Wales and (b) Havering which is not getting the recommended amount of exercise per week.

The Health Survey for England 2012, shows that in England 33% of men and 45% of women (aged 16 and over) are not meeting the Chief Medical Officers’ (CMOs) guidelines for physical activity for adults. This survey also shows that for Boys and Girls aged 5-15 years 79% and 84% respectively are not meeting the physical activity guidelines for this age group of at least 60 minutes per day. Data for Wales is a matter for the Welsh Government.

The Active People Survey (2012), shows 34% of adults (aged 16 and over) in Havering are not achieving the CMOs guidelines for physical activity.