Digital Transformation in the Public Sector

Part of 4. Questions to the Leader of the House and Chief Whip – in the Senedd at 4:33 pm on 11 December 2018.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 4:33, 11 December 2018

Yes, I'm very, very well aware of the school there; it's in a very beautiful part of Pembrokeshire, and it has a very interesting little pub with a bar in its front room just around the corner. But it is very isolated, I think it's fair to say, and part of its beauty is its isolation. We are very well aware of it; we are working very closely with the school to see what can be developed in order to get them online. But I have to say, if you know the Gwaun valley, it's logistically very problematic because not only is it very beautiful, it's steep and wooded and isolated. So, it's about the most beautiful but the most difficult topography you could possibly imagine. The school is quite little, so, in terms of the economic possibilities, it's proving a difficult nut to crack, but we are very aware of it and we are working very closely with the school and with the council to see what we can do to get the school online as fast as possible. It is the last school in Wales that we've got a problem with, though, which is great, but we do need to crack it for them.