§ Mr. ReedTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what action her Department is taking to encourage employers to give their workers the opportunity to take exercise(a) at or close to the workplace and (b) in or around the work-day; [159948]
(2) what her Department's policy is on encouraging employers to allow employees longer lunch breaks to spend time engaged in active recreational activities. [159953]
§ Mr. CabornThe Department for Culture, Media and Sport has an active Sports and Social Club that encourages staff to take part in a range of sporting, fitness and leisure activities:(a) cricket and softball teams practice and compete at various locations at or 1390W close to the workplace and staff can exercise at the on-site fitness facility; (b) a flexible working policy operates that allows staff the flexibility to take exercise at times to suit them, either during an extended lunch-break or at the start or end of the working day.