- 10/02/2017
- Posted by: Mike Hedges MS
- Categories: Press Releases, Uncategorized
Mike Hedges AM uses Question Time at Senedd to invite Cabinet Secretary for Education, Kirstie Williams to visit Schools rebuilt using 21st Century Schools Grant Scheme.
Mike said…. ‘ I think the 21st Century schools programme has been a great success in Swansea East and I took the opportunity to highlight this success and invite the Cabinet Member to visit Blaenymaes Primary School in Swansea East so she can see for herself the benefits this scheme brings to local schools’
8 February 2017
Mike Hedges
3. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement regarding the 21st century schools programme in Swansea East? OAQ(5)0081(EDU)
Kirsty Williams
Thank you, Mike. Band A of the twenty-first century schools and education programme will see an investment of over £51 million in schools in Swansea over the five-year period ending 2019. Of this, over £34 million will have been spent in the Swansea East constituency.
Mike Hedges
Firstly, can I thank the Cabinet Secretary for both her answer and visiting the newly built Burlais school, especially as Burlais school replaced two schools that needed replacing, with very serious problems with their buildings—they had internal running water every time it rained. I’ve also invited the Cabinet Secretary to visit Blaenymaes school, which is on the council’s rebuilding programme. Can the Cabinet Secretary confirm that the twenty-first century schools programme will continue?
Kirsty Williams
Well, Mike, I was very pleased to see the new Burlais school and the difference that that building is making to the education of children in the area. I am also very pleased to receive an invitation to visit Blaenymaes school. My late grandma, Mary Hall, was the senior cook at Blaenymaes school for very many years. She peeled a lot of spuds for those kids in her time. So, the opportunity to visit Blaenymaes is one I very much welcome indeed. I’m also pleased to confirm that work is currently being undertaken to develop band B of the twenty-first century schools and education programme, and the next wave of this investment is scheduled to begin in 2019 and run over the five-year period until 2024
