Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:45 pm on 25 April 2018.

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Photo of Kirsty Williams Kirsty Williams Liberal Democrat 1:45, 25 April 2018

I would encourage all parents everywhere, if they do indeed live within walking distance of their schools, to ensure that their children use active travel measures to attend local schools. Welsh Government supports that by providing a safe routes to schools grant—it's not my grant, it is my Cabinet Secretary colleague who has resources for that—which enables—. I know in my own constituency, for instance, in Presteigne, we have been able to put in new pavements and new crossings to encourage parents to do just that, to actually walk their children to school. Of course, in many rural areas, that is simply an impossibility. My own children attend a school some 25 miles away from home and I think even I would be asking too much of them if I expected them to walk. But, where it is possible, I would encourage parents and local authorities to work together to create an environment where people make that choice to actively travel to their school, whether that be on foot or on bike.