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724552

registered interest
date	26/04/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2017 to Question 68586, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the opportunities to increase off-road cycling as part of that Department's environment strategy.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	72000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

720778

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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 Answers of 8 and 28 March 2017 to Questions 65946 and 69578, if his Department will ensure that the planned revision of Local Transport Note LTN 2/08 on cycling infrastructure design helps to create the conditions in which young people, older people, women and people with disabilities are as likely to cycle as others, in accordance with its public sector equality duty.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	70558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s guidance in LTN 2/08 already highlights the need to ensure cycling facilities are inclusive, and the revision will continue to emphasise this.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on how best to provide for cyclists on local roads are matters for the local authority – not only do they have a duty to balance the needs of all road users when considering how to design and manage their road networks, but they also have a detailed understanding of their roads.</p><p> </p><p>It is for them to ensure that any measures they place are fit for purpose, and to ensure that they meet the public sector equality duty.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/04/2017 10:49:03 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

714671

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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 8 March 2017 to Question 65946, when his Department plans to publish the revised Local Transport Note 2/08 guidance on cycle infrastructure design.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	69578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2017 answer text <p>As I set out in my response to the Honourable Member’s question on 22 February (UIN 63857), the Department will consider how to refresh Local Transport Note 2/08 ‘Cycle Infrastructure Design’ to take account of the new facilities to encourage cycling introduced in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016. No timetable for this work has yet been set.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 31/03/2017 09:59:32 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

712380

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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 plans her Department has to promote mountain biking as a sport.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	68586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Government is committed to encouraging more people to engage in sport and physical activity, regardless of their background or level of ability.</p><p> </p><p>Government's Sporting Future strategy published in December 2015 set out that, in future, public investment in sport and physical activity will be based on the contribution that organisations can make to five broad outcomes: Physical Wellbeing; Mental Wellbeing; Individual Development; Social and Community Development; and Economic Development.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 Sport England has invested over £4.7 million of National Lottery money in projects and facilities to get more people mountain biking. Sport England will continue to work with British Cycling to ensure that more people from all backgrounds are encouraged to take up Mountain Biking and to enjoy the benefits it brings.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/03/2017 16:34:08 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

706272

registered interest
date	28/02/2017
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 Answers of 16 January and 9 February 2017 to Questions 58966 and 63857, if he will take steps to ensure that the planned revision of his Department's Local Transport Note LTN 2/08, Cycle Infrastructure Design, complies with the Public Sector Equality Duty by setting out design standards which progressively enable anyone to take up cycling as a safe, convenient and normal means of travel, regardless of age, gender and ability.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	65946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government expects highway authorities to work towards high-quality, attractive and inclusive streets that work for people of all abilities.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Local Transport Note 2/08 is a guidance document for local authorities and already encourages local authority designers to keep in mind the needs of disabled persons. The provisions of The Public Service Equality Duty are binding on those bodies in the public sector who provide any service. For that reason local authorities must be able to show that they have complied with this Duty in providing infrastructure for cyclists and our revised LTN will provide appropriate guidance for local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/03/2017 13:40:20 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

674906

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
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 his Department's staff work on cycling policy.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	60642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Around 26 members of staff, or 1.2% of the central Department’s staff, work on cycling policy either in a full or part time capacity.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 23/01/2017 17:59:46 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

669095

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
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 include in his Department's forthcoming Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy a commitment to create new road environment design standards to encourage cycle use among (a) children and young people, (b) women, (c) older people and (d) people with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	58966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>The draft Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy was published on 27 March 2016 for public consultation and we hope to publish the final Strategy shortly. The Department’s guidance in <em>Local Transport Note 2/08: Cycle Infrastructure Design</em> is comprehensive and allows councils to design good, safe schemes that encourages cycling across all demographics. The Department will consider how to refresh this guidance to take account of the new facilities to encourage cycling introduced in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Department is in the process of drafting an Accessibility Action Plan which seeks to address the barriers faced by disabled people in accessing public transport and the wider public realm. We have also begun the process of inviting proposals for a new programme of work to update our guidance on “Inclusive Mobility”. As part of this project we will also update our guidance on the use of tactile paving surfaces.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/01/2017 12:03:26 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

669099

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
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 include in his Department's forthcoming Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy a commitment to review how the planning system (a) supports and (b) fails to support (i) the creation of quality cycling conditions and (ii) improvements to existing cycling conditions.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	58965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>The Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Consultation, published on 27 March 2016, set out how we will help local bodies to take a more strategic approach to improving conditions for cycling and walking by issuing guidelines on the preparation of Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs). LCWIPs will help ensure that consideration is given to cycling and walking within both planning and transport policies and strategies at the local level. We hope to publish the LCWIP guidance shortly.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/01/2017 12:11:40 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

663030

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
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 meet the All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group to discuss issues facing cyclists in London and elsewhere.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	58357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>I am responsible for cycling and will be meeting with the All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group in the next few weeks.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 13/01/2017 09:54:25 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

661801

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
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, what discussions he has had with organisations representing cyclists since his appointment.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	58191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>As the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport I am responsible for cycling. I last met with organisations representing cyclists on 14 November 2016 and will be meeting with the All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group in a few weeks.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 13/01/2017 09:39:45 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley