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1061371

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they expect to meet the target in their Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy for 800 million extra cycling trips by 2025; and if not, what revised target they intend to adopt for the same period.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL13751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to meeting the various goals set out in the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, including the aim to double the amount of cycling by 2025, and is not considering any revisions. Current policy is projected to fill around one third of the gap towards the 2025 aim of 1.6 billion cycle stages, based on projected funding provision in the current Spending Review period. Further investment to meet existing aims and targets for cycling and walking post 2020/21 will be considered as part of the forthcoming Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 28/02/2019 13:26:51 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

777515

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that cyclists are aware of the requirement to obey the Highway Code in respect of Rules for cyclists (59 to 82), particularly Rule 66, Rule 69, Rule 71, and Rule 72.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL2524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>As with all road users, cyclists need to adhere to the rules set out in the Highway Code. The Government continues to keep road safety and road traffic offences under review to ensure that the current legislative framework is adequate. This is why the Cycle Safety Review was announced on 21 September 2017. The Government also promotes road safety, including encouraging safe cycling, through its Think! campaigns and Bikeability training.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 07/11/2017 12:02:57 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

947588

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking, if any, to increase the level of cycling in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL9863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS), published in April 2017, sets out a number of actions to increase the level of cycling, alongside £1.2 billion of funding that may be invested in cycling and walking in England over the period to 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Since the publication of the Strategy, the Department has identified additional funding for cycling and walking schemes, including around £77 million of support for schemes via the National Productivity Investment Fund. The Government also announced a new £1.7 billion Transforming Cities Fund in the Autumn Budget which will allow a number of cities to support projects aimed at improving local connectivity by boosting cycling and walking. The Department has commenced a major programme of technical support to help 44 local authorities in England develop their Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs).</p><p> </p><p>The Government launched a call for evidence on how to improve safety for cycling and walking in March 2018 as part of the CWIS Safety Review. The Department for Transport is currently assessing over 13,000 responses and will publish its response in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 26/07/2018 13:05:17 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1235718

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of campaigns to encourage people to cycle more; and what support they are giving to teach adults to ride a bike.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL8243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government supports various campaigns to encourage people to cycle more, including the Big Bike Revival programme delivered by Cycling UK, and local programmes delivered by local authorities under the Department’s £20 million per annum Access Fund. The effectiveness of these and other campaigns is considered in the first Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Report to Parliament published in February 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that every adult and child who wants it can be trained how to ride a bicycle safely. This builds on our manifesto commitment to offer Bikeability training to all schoolchildren. This year, the Department’s Bikeability funding has enabled 28 local authorities to offer adult cycle training, and £235,000 of it will go towards family cycle training. The Department has also provided £2 million to Transport for London to support adult cycle training in the capital, and its Access Fund has allowed 16 local authorities to provide adult cycle training in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on future funding for campaigns and Bikeability will be a matter for the Spending Review in the autumn.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/09/2020 12:26:01 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1242236

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide support for adults to take up cycling, including for commuting to work.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL9044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>On 28 July the Prime Minister launched ambitious plans to boost cycling and walking, with the aim that half of all journeys in towns and cities are cycled or walked by 2030. This includes a £2 billion package of funding for active travel over the next 5 years, which is the largest ever boost for cycling and walking, and will deliver transformational change. The plan includes a number of commitments which will provide support for adults to take up cycling including the roll-out of segregated cycle lanes in towns and cities and offering cycle training to everyone who wants to undertake it, whether free or at a nominal charge.</p><p> </p><p>This support for adult cycling builds on the refreshed Cycle to Work Scheme Guidance published in 2019 which made it easier for employers to provide bicycles and equipment including e-bikes and adapted bikes worth over £1,000. The Department has also made funding available in the current financial year for adult cycle training, through both the Bikeability scheme and the Access Fund, and has paid £2m to Transport for London to allow cycle training to be delivered to adults in the capital.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 23/10/2020 11:32:23 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1142129

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to reduce urban traffic speeds to encourage more cyclists to cycle on roads.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	282240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to change national speed limits.</p><p> </p><p>Local traffic authorities are responsible for setting speed limits on local roads and for targeting their funding on measures that are most effective in ensuring that their roads become safer. To assist with this, the Department published guidance to local highway authorities on setting speed limits in 2013, and furthermore last year published an evaluation into the effectiveness of 20mph speed limits. The 2016 update to the TSRGD (Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions) also made significant changes to facilitate and reduce the cost of providing 20 mph zones in England, allowing traffic authorities to place repeater speed signs and/or speed roundel road markings as well as traffic calming features.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2017 the Government published its first statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, setting out its ambition to make cycling and walking the natural choice for shorter journeys. And in July 2019, the Government published the Road Safety Statement 2019: a lifetime of road safety. This includes a two-year action plan to address a range of road safety issues which will improve safety for cyclists.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/09/2019 16:35:40 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1171646

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish new standards for cycle infrastructure design.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	4756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department will shortly be publishing revised guidance for local authorities on designing safe and efficient cycling infrastructure, which will need to be considered when setting local standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/01/2020 14:13:37 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

1173862

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimates were made in his Department’s 2018 road traffic forecasts for the volumes of cycle traffic in England and Wales in (a) 2015, (b) 2020 and (c) in future years modelled, under each of the scenarios modelled; and what the corresponding proportion changes in miles cycled were compared with 2015 levels.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	9041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The focus of Road Traffic Forecasts 2018 (RTF18) was to forecast road traffic by motorised modes and does not include forecasts of cycling traffic.</p><p> </p><p>To produce the forecasts, the National Transport Model (NTM) does takes account of the travel choice between walking, cycling, rail and bus as well as car. However, the NTM is not designed to forecast cycling levels, which will be influenced by a range of factors not included in the model.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has a dedicated model which has been designed to account for the specific factors which influence cycling. We plan to include a forecast of cycling demand using this model in an upcoming call for engagement document to be published as part of the Department’s work to develop a transport decarbonisation plan.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to the proportion changes in miles cycled, the Department produces estimates of actual volumes of cycle traffic in Great Britain, the latest estimates for which are 2018. These show that cycling levels on roads in England and Wales increased 3.3% between 2015 and 2018. 2019 estimates are due to be published in June 2020 [Source: 2018 Road Traffic Estimates, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-traffic-statistics/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-traffic-statistics/</a>].</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/02/2020 17:23:47 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

1240346

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of cycling on (a) physical health, (b) mental health and (c) the environment.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	98984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>Cycling and walking deliver a range of health, economic and environmental benefits. These are detailed in the Prime Minister’s Plan for cycling and walking (<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycling-and-walking-plan-for-england" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycling-and-walking-plan-for-england</a>) published on 28 July which sets an ambition for half of all journeys in towns and cities to be cycled or walked by 2030. The plan includes a £2 billion package of funding for active travel over the next 5 years, which is the largest ever boost for cycling and walking, and which will deliver transformational change.</p><p> </p><p>A more detailed consideration of the effects of cycling and walking informed the development of the Department’s Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Model, the technical reports and annexes of which were published on gov.uk on 7 February (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycling-and-walking-investment-strategy-active-travel-investment-models" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycling-and-walking-investment-strategy-active-travel-investment-models</a>)</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 08/10/2020 11:47:34 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1680314

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support people not eligible for a Cycle to Work Scheme to take up cycling.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	8444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>Active Travel England provides funding to local authorities and a range of national charities to increase levels of cycling. This includes £33 million provided in 2022/23 under the Capability Fund that can be used for local cycle loan and share schemes, e-cycle initiatives and cycling outreach programmes directed towards underrepresented groups. In addition, the Government has been trialling an £8 million national e-cycle programme to provide opportunities to try e-cycles through short term loans in a small number of locations.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 16/01/2024 10:00:53 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner