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<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>
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