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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1240346/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Cycling and walking deliver a range of health, economic and environmental benefits. These are detailed in the Prime Minister\u2019s Plan for cycling and walking (<a href=\"http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycling-and-walking-plan-for-england\" target=\"_blank\">www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycling-and-walking-plan-for-england<\/a>) published on 28 July which sets an ambition for half of all journeys in towns and cities to be cycled or walked by 2030. The plan 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 which will deliver transformational change.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>A more detailed consideration of the effects of cycling and walking informed the development of the Department\u2019s Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Model, the technical reports and annexes of which were published on gov.uk on 7 February (<a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycling-and-walking-investment-strategy-active-travel-investment-models\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycling-and-walking-investment-strategy-active-travel-investment-models<\/a>)<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of cycling on (a) physical health, (b) mental health and (c) the environment.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4378", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Colleen Fletcher"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1173862", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1173862/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The focus of Road Traffic Forecasts 2018 (RTF18) was to forecast road traffic by motorised modes and does not include forecasts of cycling traffic.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>To produce the forecasts, the National Transport Model (NTM) does takes account of the travel choice between walking, cycling, rail and bus as well as car. However, the NTM is not designed to forecast cycling levels, which will be influenced by a range of factors not included in the model.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department has a dedicated model which has been designed to account for the specific factors which influence cycling. We plan to include a forecast of cycling demand using this model in an upcoming call for engagement document to be published as part of the Department\u2019s work to develop a transport decarbonisation plan.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>In relation to the proportion changes in miles cycled, the Department produces estimates of actual volumes of cycle traffic in Great Britain, the latest estimates for which are 2018. These show that cycling levels on roads in England and Wales increased 3.3% between 2015 and 2018. 2019 estimates are due to be published in June 2020 [Source: 2018 Road Traffic Estimates, <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-traffic-statistics/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-traffic-statistics/<\/a>].<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimates were made in his Department\u2019s 2018 road traffic forecasts for the volumes of cycle traffic in England and Wales in (a) 2015, (b) 2020 and (c) in future years modelled, under each of the scenarios modelled; and what the corresponding proportion changes in miles cycled were compared with 2015 levels.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1171646", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1171646/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department will shortly be publishing revised guidance for local authorities on designing safe and efficient cycling infrastructure, which will need to be considered when setting local standards.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish new standards for cycle infrastructure design.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1142129/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department has no plans to change national speed limits.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Local traffic authorities are responsible for setting speed limits on local roads and for targeting their funding on measures that are most effective in ensuring that their roads become safer. To assist with this, the Department published guidance to local highway authorities on setting speed limits in 2013, and furthermore last year published an evaluation into the effectiveness of 20mph speed limits. The 2016 update to the TSRGD (Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions) also made significant changes to facilitate and reduce the cost of providing 20 mph zones in England, allowing traffic authorities to place repeater speed signs and/or speed roundel road markings as well as traffic calming features.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>In April 2017 the Government published its first statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, setting out its ambition to make cycling and walking the natural choice for shorter journeys. And in July 2019, the Government published the Road Safety Statement 2019: a lifetime of road safety. This includes a two-year action plan to address a range of road safety issues which will improve safety for cyclists.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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