AQW 43919/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 19/03/2015
Answered On Date: 02/04/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Regional Development what percentage of (i) primary; and (ii) post-primary school pupils walk or cycle to school.

Answer:

Data on travel behaviours, including journeys to and from school, is routinely collated through the Travel Survey for Northern Ireland (TSNI). The following information, setting out the percentage of journeys to or from school by walking/bicycling, is extracted from the most recent report covering the calendar years 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Age Group	Travel Mode	2011-2013
4-11	Walk	26%
	Bicycle	<1%
	All modes	100%

Age Group	Travel Mode	2011-2013
12-18	Walk	15%
	Bicycle	<1%
	All modes	100%

My Department’s ‘Active School Travel Programme’ began in September 2013. The statistics provided in the most recent edition of the Travel Survey for Northern Ireland covers the period substantially before this programme began.