AQW 8269/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure how many primary schools in the South Antrim constituency accessed (i) the Active School Travel Programme; and (ii) the Cycling Proficiency Scheme, in the last year.

Asked by John Blair MLA on 6 October 2020

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Tabled
6 October 2020
Answer due by
21 October 2020
Answered
19 October 202013 days after tabling
Department
Department for Infrastructure
Priority question
No

Answer

My Department does not hold participation figures for Active School Travel Programme and Cycling Proficiency Scheme on a constituency level but rather as a whole across Northern Ireland.

The most recent set of participation figures of schools before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic are for the financial year 2019/20 and are detailed below;

FIGURES FOR 2019-2020
Cycling Proficiency Scheme348
Active School Travel Programme180

Official sources