P-06-1343 Provide free public transport for all secondary school pupils
P-06-1343 Provide free public transport for all secondary school pupils
This
petition was submitted by Elin Wyn Davies, having collected a total of 349
signatures.
Text of Petition:
I believe that all
children in secondary schools in Wales should have the right to free public
transport so that they can travel to their catchment area secondary school*
safely.
We live 2.4 miles from our
children's secondary school but our council states that free transport is only
available to those who live 3 miles (or further) from their catchment secondary
school. Walking to school would take between 50 minutes and an hour from our
house along busy and congested roads. There is no safe cycle path.
As a family we spend over
£80 a month on bus tickets for our 2 children. It's money we really can't
afford but for some parents finding £40 a month (per child) is impossible and
so their children are forced to walk along dark, busy, dangerous and polluted
roads to get to the school. This is unfair and discriminates against the
poorest children in society.
Additional Information:
The Welsh Government
published a review (March 2022) of the 'Learner Travel Measure (Wales)' and in
June 2022 Mark Drakeford said there will be a 'comprehensive engagement
programme which will ensure that all of our stakeholders have the opportunity
to contribute to the subsequent wider review'.
Thanks for signing.
*A catchment area
secondary school refers to the KS3/4 education location of the child/young
person including the Welsh-medium Schools, English-medium Schools, Bilingual
Schools, Faith Schools, Special Schools, Pupil Referral Units, EOTAS provision
(Education Other than School ) and so forth.
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- Cardiff
West
- South
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Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: For consideration
First published: 13/06/2023