Outdoor Education

Dr. Pugh
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the average number of field trips made by students in (a) primary and (b) secondary education in each of the last 10 years.

Ms Diana R. Johnson
The Department has not made an estimate of field trips made by students in primary and secondary education in each of the last 10 years. Schools are expected to offer their students opportunities for fieldwork as part of subjects they are studying, for example science and geography, or through extra curricular activities under the Learning Outside the Classroom manifesto.