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446067

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2016
	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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting the recommendation of the cycling charity CTC that part of the £15 billion road budget outlined in the Road Investment Strategy 2014 be reallocated to cycling in order to help achieve the Government's aims for cycling, health and the environment.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	23031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>The Strategic Road Network does not just impact on motorists but on other road users, especially cyclists. We want the road network to offer better provision for the needs of cyclists. This means, amongst other things, more segregated cycle-ways alongside trunk roads and safer junctions and crossings.</p><br /><p>Highways England has committed to provide a safer, integrated and more accessible strategic road network for cyclists and other vulnerable road users. Through our first Road Investment Strategy for Highways England, £100 million has been made available between 2015 and 2021 to improve the conditions for cycling alongside and crossing the Strategic Road Network. This will deliver improvements for cyclists at 200 locations on the network.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/01/2016 13:02:05 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

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

385783

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the effect to a local economy of hosting the Tour of Britain.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	4396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>I have made no assessment to date. It is for the relevant local bodies to assess the impact that the individual stages of the Tour of Britain have had on local economies.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2015 07:30:32 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

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

164428

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	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, how much government financial support has been budgeted for cycling initiatives in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	215622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department has recently consulted on future funding for cycling via the draft Cycling Delivery Plan. The consultation closed on 27 November 2014 and I will be in a position to provide a fuller answer to this once this consultation process has been completed and the final Cycling Delivery Plan has been published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, the work to meet our funding ambition set out in the draft plan has already begun; in November the Deputy Prime Minister and I announced a package of measures totalling £214 million, including a £114 million extension to our cycle cities programme, and £100 million investment to improve the conditions for cyclists and walkers travelling alongside and crossing Britain’s most important and busiest roads from 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/12/2014 17:52:59 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

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

173793

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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, if he will ensure that the needs of cyclists are considered when infrastructure contracts are awarded.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	220851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>In August 2013 the Prime Minister announced his intention to &quot;cycle proof&quot; the road network - in other words, to ensure that people using cycles are considered from the design stage of new and improved road infrastructure. Cycle proofing is a process which over time ensures that the built environment generally, and roads specifically, are seen to be safe, convenient and pleasant for cycle use by people of all ages and abilities.</p><p>Work to cycle proof roads has already begun. The Highways Agency has recently published its Strategic Business Plan[1] which sets out how they will improve facilities for people cycling or walking alongside the strategic road network. Designated funding has been allocated to make provision for vulnerable users when designing and building major schemes and where feasible make it safer and easier for cyclists and pedestrians to access local routes when crossing the strategic road network. For cyclists the Agency will:</p><p>· Invest £100m to improve access, integration and facilities on and around the network;</p><p>· Undertake studies at 600 sites identified in conjunction with Sustrans and the National Cycling Charity to decide the best potential solution for each location;</p><p>· Provide additional professional development training for those engineers and planners responsible for designing schemes to include appropriate cycling provision;</p><p>· Produce its first National Cycling Strategy by the end of 2015.</p><p> </p><p>All contracts on the Agency’s network use the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges[2] (DMRB) for the design of works and the Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works[3] as the specification. The DMRB incorporates requirements, processes and procedures to ensure that the needs of vulnerable road users are considered and included at scheme design stage.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is currently finalising the Cycling Delivery Plan. Several actions outlined in that Plan will contribute further to this cycle proofing work. The Department will seek to ensure roads projects that receive government funding, as well as those conducted by local authorities, are cycle proofed. This means that the needs of people using cycles are considered from the design stage.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also working to ensure Highways engineers have evidence based tools with which to design high quality conditions for cycling on England's roads. This includes updating the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions, and – where suitable and appropriate - endorsing the use of new standards and guidance produced by other authorities in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We do of course consider the needs of all users of public transport, including cyclists, at railway stations. That is why we have allocated almost £30 million for cycling facilities and we are on track to triple the number of cycle parking spaces at railway stations.</p><p> </p><br /><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387252/141215_Strategic_business_plan.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387252/141215_Strategic_business_plan.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup> <a href="http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/dmrb/" target="_blank">http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/dmrb/</a></p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[3]</sup></sup> <a href="http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/mchw/" target="_blank">http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/mchw/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/01/2015 16:36:36 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis