Physical health expenditure includes a number of schemes and activities arranged and funded by local authorities. These include funding or activities for children and young people(under 18 years) such as:

• Commissioned physical activity brief interventions
• Active travel (i.e. travelling actively for everyday journeys) initiatives
• Community-based recreational walking and cycling schemes
• Sports-based interventions
• Investment in county sport partnerships
• Other physical activity interventions
• Local information campaigns to promote physical activity and sport

Where possible, historical data is adjusted for inflation using GDP deflator factors to allow a more accurate comparison of over time in real terms.

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