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date	19/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Bicycles
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 potential benefits of a greater uptake in electric bikes for (a) older people, (b) people on low incomes and (c) people with mobility problems.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	166233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS), published in April 2017, encourages people to take up cycling, either on conventional bikes or electric bikes. The Department recognises that electric bikes offer a wide range of potential benefits, including to health and to the environment, and that they can make cycling easier and more attractive. The Department has not undertaken any formal assessment of the potential benefits of a greater uptake of electric bikes by those particular groups, but the measures set out in the CWIS should lead to an overall increase in the use of electric bikes, and the benefits associated with this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2018 14:44:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

944856

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date	19/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycle to Work Scheme: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of updating the Cycle to Work Scheme guidance to facilitate a greater uptake in electric bikes.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	166234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Cycle to Work Scheme can already be used to assist with the purchase of electrically assisted pedal cycles, and is one of the many ways in which the Government is supporting active travel choices, as set out in the 2017 Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy. The Department is currently in the process of updating the Cycle to Work Scheme guidance and will make a further announcement later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2018 14:49:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

944858

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cycle to Work Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the financial benefits for the public purse of the Cycle to Work Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	166235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the financial benefits of the Cycle to Work scheme. Bicycles provided under the scheme are tax exempt and so no data is reported to HMRC.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/07/2018 13:25:17 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr