AQW 43919/11-15 Written question to the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the Minister for Regional Development what percentage of (i) primary; and (ii) post-primary school pupils walk or cycle to school.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 19 March 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 19 March 2015
- Answer due by
- 3 April 2015
- Answered
- 2 April 201514 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
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.