Subject	Predicate	Object
p218BZ81	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	6AgMkwBj
	answer has answering person	Nicolas John Gibb
	answer text	<p>Schools are free to organise and deliver a flexible, diverse, and challenging curriculum and extra-curricular provision that suits the needs of their pupils. The Department believes that PE and sport is an important part of a broad and balanced curriculum and has made it compulsory at all four Key Stages in the National Curriculum.</p><p>Evidence suggests that participation in sport and physical activity can be an important factor in supporting academic attainment, mental wellbeing, and personal development. Many schools already provide a minimum of two hours of PE and sport to pupils each week. The Department will look at how to support all schools to do so, supplemented by a good range of extra-curricular opportunities.</p>
	answer given date	2023-01-17
	answer has answering body	Department for Education
	written answer has answering body	Department for Education
Department for Education	answering body has written answer	p218BZ81
Department for Education	answering body has answer	p218BZ81
6AgMkwBj	question has answer	p218BZ81
Nicolas John Gibb	answering person has answer	p218BZ81