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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

1652360

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2023
	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 take steps to help ensure that the requirements of design standard CD195, Designing for cycle traffic, are applied in all National Highways regions.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	193714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>National Highways is committed to support all road users including walkers, cyclists and horse-riders. Its research and feedback, combined with insight from others such as Transport Focus, helps NH to understand how its services and roads may need to evolve to meet the needs of customers.</p><p> </p><p>CD 195 Designing for Cycle Traffic is one of a suite of documents that National Highways has to ensure the most appropriate provision is provided for walkers, cyclists and horse riders. National Highways are working with Active Travel England to ensure the design standards referenced are applied wherever practical, supporting the delivery of active travel provision across the network.</p><p> </p><p>All National Highways schemes are required to follow the GG142 Walking, Cycling and Horse-Riding Assessment and Review Process. This process enables designers to determine the most appropriate and proportionate type of facility for their scheme. This could be in the form of dedicated cycle provision designed to CD 195 Designing for Cycle Traffic, or it could be shared use walking and cycling facilities designed to CD 143 Designing for walking, cycling and horse-riding. As much of National Highways’ network is rural and located away from residential and industrial areas, providing shared use walking and cycling provision may often be a more proportionate approach for the anticipated levels of usage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 19/07/2023 09:44:32 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1651732

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2023
	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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential effect of the provision of bicycles through active travel schemes on people's physical fitness.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	193158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>I met with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Chief Medical Officer in May, alongside the CEO of Active Travel England, to discuss how the departments can work together in promoting active travel and realise its health benefits. The departments will continue to work together on a number of projects to support this shared goal.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has already announced £13.9 million of funding for 11 Active Travel Social Prescribing pilots in local authorities across England. These pilots are being managed by Active Travel England and will provide a range of non-clinical services to enable active travel, including cycle libraries and cycle loans.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/07/2023 14:55:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1642374

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2023
	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 he has made of the likelihood of meeting his target to increase annual cycling stages to 1.6 billion by 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	188014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s most recent assessment of progress towards meeting its active travel goals was set out in the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy report to Parliament in July 2022, a copy of which is available in the House Libraries. On this particular target, the report noted that although there had been a significant increase of around 45% in the number of stages cycled between 2013 and 2020, further increases were required. The Department will provide an updated assessment in its next report to Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/06/2023 10:05:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1625693

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2023
	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 steps the Government has taken to (a) improve the quality of and (b) increase the number of cycle routes.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	183825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government is investing more than £3 billion into active travel up to 2025 from a wide range of transport and local growth funding streams. The funding is supporting new and upgraded cycle routes and other active travel infrastructure across England. On 6 February, the Government announced a new £200 million fund to improve walking and cycling routes. Successful schemes for this funding will be announced shortly.</p><p>Active Travel England is working closely with local authorities to ensure that walking, wheeling and cycling schemes comply with national design guidelines, including with regards to safety and accessibility, which is a condition of Government funding for these active travel schemes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 183824 question first answered 11/05/2023 14:42:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1470286

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2022
	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 ensure that the nationwide cycle network benefits both cyclists and motorists.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Andy Carter
	uin	18070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The management of local roads, including provision of cycling facilities, is the responsibility of individual local traffic authorities. It is for them to ensure their streets are designed to provide safe movement for all road users. The Department has published updated guidance on Cycle Infrastructure Design to help local authorities deliver high quality cycle infrastructure in the future which can be accessed at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcycle-infrastructure-design-ltn-120&amp;data=05%7C01%7CFiona.O%27Neill%40dft.gov.uk%7C2227b969da5d41d00d8f08da4f7c4883%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C637909692447368981%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ojLcnUWcmmvSPRCIjAXNdV9bY%2BOcyvIGSvIdxoVhyNQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycle-infrastructure-design-ltn-120</a>. Cycling clearly does not work for everyone, or for every journey. But the more people that cycle, the more roadspace is freed up for those who really need to drive. High-quality infrastructure is a key part of enabling this.</p><p> </p><p>The National Cycle Network (NCN), managed by Sustrans, is a UK-wide network of signed paths and routes for walking and cycling. It stretches over 12,000 miles and in 2019 an estimated 4.2 million people used the NCN to make almost 650 million journeys. Over 50% of journeys were made by modes other than a bicycle including equestrians.</p><p> </p><p>On 14 May 2022 the Department announced £35m of funding for the National Cycle Network to deliver improved surfacing, widened paths and greater accessibility, such as the removal of barriers that impact disabled people and cyclists. Many of these projects are focused on canal towpaths, which are important elements of many local cycling and walking networks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 22/06/2022 10:46:20 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4791 label Biography information for Andy Carter

1421754

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	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 bring forward legislative proposals to improve provisions for cyclists.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	122650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is making a number of legislative and statutory changes to make it easier for local authorities to increase cycling and walking rates. Regulations currently before Parliament are due to come into force on 31 May that will enable local authorities to apply for designated powers to issue civil penalties to those driving in mandatory cycle lanes. The regulations will be supported by statutory guidance. Mayors in England will be given more powers to manage their Key Route Networks, allowing them to introduce more cycle infrastructure in their city regions. The recent changes which Parliament approved to The Highway Code are also designed to bring about a positive shift in road user behaviour towards those who walk, cycle and ride horses.</p><p>As required by the Infrastructure Act 2015, the second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS2) will be published in the spring and will give a statutory basis to the vision outlined in the Prime Minister’s 2020 Gear Change plan. The Strategy will set out the financial resources available for walking and cycling and the other matters required by the Infrastructure Act 2015, including objectives for walking and cycling.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/02/2022 12:49:21 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1419299

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2022
	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 role he expects cycling and electric bicycles to have in Local Transport Plan 4 and the decarbonisation of transport.
	tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
	uin	116886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department aims to consult later this year on the future of Local Transport Plans (LTPs) and will issue guidance to Local Authorities making clear that decarbonisation is one of the central requirements in the development of their LTPs. As part of their LTPs, Local Authorities will be expected to incorporate plans to enable more short journeys to be made on foot or by cycle, including electrically assisted bicycles.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 08/02/2022 10:43:36 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1402012

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2022
	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 publish a detailed strategy on the establishment of a cycling network in England.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	101785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>In July 2020, the Prime Minister launched ambitious plans to boost walking and cycling in England, with a vision for half of all journeys in towns and cities to be walked or cycled by 2030. This commitment is backed with £2 billion of investment over five years, including significant funding for local authorities to develop and deliver local cycling and walking networks, and for the National Cycle Network.</p><p>The Department intends to publish the second statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS 2) later this year. It will reflect these new policies and the multi-year funding settlement for walking and cycling announced at the recent Spending Review. It will also reflect the commitment published in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan in 2021, to deliver a world class cycling and walking network in England by 2040.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 14/01/2022 14:08:38 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

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