Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 8
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Acknowledged
Prior to the pandemic, between November 2016 and November 2019, the percentage of adults who...
Conclusion
Prior to the pandemic, between November 2016 and November 2019, the percentage of adults who were active increased by 1.2 percentage points, from 62.1% to 63.3%. Participation rates then fell to 61.4% in the year to November 2021, the lowest on record, as measures to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic restricted people’s opportunities to exercise. The proportion of adults who do not meet the Chief Medical 7 Committee of Public Accounts, The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: post-Games review, Fortieth Report of Session 2012–13, 19 April 2013 8 Qq 10–12; C&AG’s report, paras 1.6 and 1.8 9 C&AG’s report, para 3.18 10 Q 13 11 Q 13 Grassroots participation in sport and physical activity 11 Officer’s guidelines for recommended activity—150 minutes per week of moderate- intensity equivalent exercise—has remained persistently high, at nearly two in five adults between November 2016 and November 2021.12
Government Response Summary
The government acknowledged that population activity levels were at an all-time high prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, and that Sport England's strategy seeks to mobilize a cross-sector movement to collectively support more people to be active.
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
2.2 Population activity levels were at an all-time high prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, and Sport England’s strategy seeks to mobilise a cross-sector movement to collectively support more people to be active in the way that best works for them.