This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition 45% children are cannot swim 25 metres due to the high cost of swimming lessons
Swimming is amongst the best form of exercise. Swiming is life saving skill. Swimming is also one of the sports when one can start at an early age. Swimming brings confident in one's life, physical coordination, strength, technique, and supportive for other sports too.
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45% of primary school children are unable to swim 25 metres despite it being a national curriculum requirement- researched by British swimming. Due to the high cost of swimming lessons
Average Cost for one child to swim up 25 meters can be in excess of £250. The cost to the average family can easily be excess of £1000.
Local leisure centres are not cutting cost due to their own overheads. They lack a strategy to cut their own costs.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
It is clear that you are concerned about the numbers of children who can swim 25 metres and the cost of swimming lessons. However, we are unsure what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.
If you would like a law to regulate the cost of swimming lessons, we could accept a petition on that. Alternatively, if you would like the Government to subsidise or provide free swimming lessons to children, we could also accept a petition on that.
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