Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the average level of physical activity in Ipswich and other local authority areas in England.

To support local monitoring of physical activity in relation to the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMOs’) guidelines, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities produces estimates of physical activity for each local authority in England from Active Lives Adult Survey data and present estimates from the Active Lives Children and Young People Survey.

In 2020/21, an estimated 54.1% of adults in Ipswich aged 19 years old and over reported achieving recommended physical activity levels, which was lower than the average for the East of England at 65.7% and 65.9% in England. During the academic year 2020/21, an estimated 40.2% of children and young people in Ipswich aged five to 16 years old in Ipswich met the CMOs’ guidelines of participating in sport and physical activity for an average of 60 minutes or more every day. This was similar to the average for the East of England at 43.2% and 44.6% in England.