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106189

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	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 have any plans to make cycling road rules more enforceable; and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL2660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The enforcement of cycling offences is an operational matter for individual chief officers of police. Depending on the offence officers can issue verbal warnings, fixed penalty notices or report the road user for formal prosecution. We support any action taken by the police to deter and reduce the number of cycling offences.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 18/11/2014 12:43:48 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

76621

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	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 the level of observance of the traffic laws by cyclists.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Like all road users, cyclists have a duty to behave in a safe and responsible manner, and this is reflected in the Highway Code's rules for cyclists which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/rules-for-cyclists-59-to-82" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/rules-for-cyclists-59-to-82</a>.　The enforcement of cycling offences is an operational matter for individual chief officers of police and we support any action taken by the police to deter and reduce the number of cycling offences.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 22/07/2014 14:34:26 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

76622

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	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 have any plans to require the carriage of identity documents by cyclists riding on highways.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2014 answer text <p>We have no plans to make cyclists carry identification. The police already have sufficient powers if they are unsure of a person’s identity.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 18/07/2014 11:01:07 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

79463

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cycling
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 18 July (WA 147) what are the powers available to police officers to establish the correct identity of cyclists who decline to co-operate or who give false identity information.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL1362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 sets out the general powers available to the police, including in circumstances when an individual’s identity needs to be established or when false identity information has been provided. Similarly, powers exist under Section 168 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 where the person is suspected of having committed an offence under Sections 28 and 29 of the same Act. The application of any such powers is an operational matter for the police.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 28/07/2014 13:21:22 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

106111

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	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 proportion of passenger journeys in the UK were made by bicycle in each of the last five years; and what share of his Department's spending related to cycling in that time period.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	213147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows the percentage of all trips made by bicycle between 2009 and 2013:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">Average number of trips (trip rates) by main mode: England, to 2013</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>2009 </strong></td><td><strong>2010 </strong></td><td><strong>2011 </strong></td><td><strong>2012 </strong></td><td><strong>2013 </strong></td></tr><tr><td>Bicycle</td><td>16</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>All modes</td><td>974</td><td>961</td><td>950</td><td>950</td><td>923</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Cycling mode share % </strong></td><td><strong>1.7 </strong></td><td><strong>1.6 </strong></td><td><strong>1.7 </strong></td><td><strong>1.8 </strong></td><td><strong>1.9 </strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Soure: NTS, Last updated: 29 July 2014</em></p><p>During the five financial years 2010/11 to 2014/15, departmental spending on cycling is detailed in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Financial years 2010/11 - 2014/15 </strong></td><td> </td><td rowspan="11">Direct funding £224 million</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>£million</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Cycling Englad</td><td>63.0</td></tr><tr><td>Cycling Cities &amp; National Parks Fund</td><td>94.0</td></tr><tr><td>Links to Schools &amp; Linking Communities</td><td>28.5</td></tr><tr><td>Cycle Safety Fund</td><td>35.0</td></tr><tr><td>Cycle Rail</td><td>14.5</td></tr><tr><td>Highways Agency</td><td>4.8</td></tr><tr><td>Local Sustainable Transport Fund - Bikeability</td><td>46.8</td></tr><tr><td>Local Sustainable Transport Fund - other cycling</td><td>151.0</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Total</strong></td><td><strong>437.6</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The £438 million on cycling spend represents 0.71% of the total departmental spend for those years.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 06/11/2014 13:18:21 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

166053

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2014 to Question 213147, if he will take steps to reflect the percentage journey share for cycling in the proportion of his Department's spending that is made on cycling.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	215910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>Funding allocations for transport schemes are not determined according to mode share – the factors that affect our decision to invest in a particular transport scheme are more complex and based on a wide variety of factors. For local transport schemes it is also right that local communities, through their local authorities and Local Enterprise Partnerships have influence over those decisions.</p><p> </p><p>On 27 November 2014, the Deputy Prime Minister and I announced a further £214m investment for cycling. This brings the total investment in cycling by this Government to £588m, significantly more than any previous Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 28/11/2014 12:26:07 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

57977

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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 the last meeting of (a) the Cycle Stakeholders Forum and (b) the safety sub-group of the Cycle Stakeholders Forum took place; and what future meetings are scheduled.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	198790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The most recent meeting of the full Cycling Stakeholder Forum was on 30 September 2013 and that of the safety sub-group was on 16 July 2013. The next meeting of the full Cycling Stakeholder Forum is scheduled for 24 June 2014. I am Chair of the High Level Cycling Group, a sub group of Cycling Stakeholder Forum that meets frequently. The most recent meeting of the High Level Cycling Group was 21 May 2014.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/06/2014 14:21:03 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

58474

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	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 funding his Department allocated to projects relating to cycling between (a) 2005 and 2010 and (b) 2010 to 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
	tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Jones
	uin	199232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>During the five financial years 2005/6 to 2009/10, the Department for Transport (DfT) provided funding for cycling through Cycling England, an arm's length organisation set up in 2005; in that period, Cycling England received £105m from the DfT.</p><p> </p><p>During the five financial years 2010/11 to 2014/15, the DfT allocated a final £63m to Cycling England, and has allocated direct funding of £224m for cycling projects, comprising: the £94m Cycling Cities and National Parks fund, £28.5m for Links to Schools / Linking Communities, the £35m cycle safety fund, £14.5m for Cycle Rail, £4.8m to the Highways Agency and £46.8m for Bikeability. In addition, the DfT's Local Sustainable Transport Fund is providing £540m for local authorities to prioritise sustainable transport projects, of which 28% or £151m is being allocated to cycling projects. So total investment by this government in cycling in the five financial years 2010/11 to 2014/15 is £438m.</p><p> </p><p>DfT funding for the LSTF and its Cycling Ambition, Cycle-Rail, and Linking Communities funds is often used to lever matching local contributions. When these other sources are included, spend on cycling in England is equal to £5 per person a year, whilst spend in the eight cycling ambition cities is around £10 per person a year. From 2015/16, the LSTF forms part of the Local Growth Fund, a long-term funding commitment of £2bn a year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/06/2014 14:36:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones

61428

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2014, Official Report, column 6W, on cycling, if he will publish the (a) membership and (b) agendas, minutes and attendees of all previous meetings of the Cycling Stakeholder Forum.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	200279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Cycling Stakeholder Forum has met four times: 13 September 2011, 19 March 2012, 26 June 2012, and 30 September 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Minutes were taken for the first and fourth meetings. The second and third meetings were interactive workshops, so minutes were not appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The discussions from the second meeting are summarised in a document jointly agreed by the forum, and this can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/5014/cycle-forum-vision.pdf/oblocked::https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/5014/cycle-forum-vision.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/5014/cycle-forum-vision.pdf</a></p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>At the third meeting stakeholders heard about the new Cycle Safety Fund and reached agreement for a working group to organise an event in Leicester later in the year. Further details of the Cycle Safety Fund can be found at:</p><p /> <p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/15m-boost-to-improve-cycle-accident-hotspots" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/15m-boost-to-improve-cycle-accident-hotspots</a> and for the Leicester event at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cash-boost-to-get-england-cycling--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cash-boost-to-get-england-cycling--2</a></p><p> </p><p /> <p>All agendas, minutes of the two other meetings, and membership will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/06/2014 15:54:59 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

91540

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	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, how much (a) his Department and (b) local highways authorities have spent on consultants for cycling programmes, activities or projects in each year since 1997.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	208874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are unable to disaggregate the amount spent specifically on cycling from spend on consultancy. Furthermore, between 2005 and 2011 Cycling England were responsible for investment in cycling, however they were not consultants. For local highway authorities we do not keep this information centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/10/2014 13:33:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden