Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential health benefits of increasing support to fitness facilities in rural areas.

No such assessment has been made, but in our 10-Year Health Plan, we addressed the inequalities in healthcare access and outcomes currently facing people in rural areas, and committed to use the shift to neighbourhood health set out in the plan to drive tailored improvements for the health services provided in each area.