<p>Contact Sports</p>

Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:59 pm on 4 October 2017.

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Photo of Rebecca Evans Rebecca Evans Labour 2:59, 4 October 2017

Thank you for that question. We’re very alive to the importance that we put on keeping children safe in school in all aspects, but we’re particularly taking the issue of safety of school sport seriously. It is important to put in place proportionate steps to create those safe environments for children to participate in sport. Injury, of course, can occur in any recreational activity although clearly some sports carry a greater risk than others. Welsh Government has provided guidance on concussion and brain injury to support people who are involved in school and community sport up to the age of 19, to minimise the possibility of injury. That guidance was produced in partnership and in co-operation with a range of partners including the NHS, Welsh Rugby Union and the Football Association of Wales. So, it’s important to take a proportionate approach to this issue, making sport as safe as we possibly can but also recognising the huge benefits that sport and physical activity bring to individuals.