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1603076

registered interest
date	10/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Written Statement entitled Transport Update published on 9 March, what assessment his Department has made on the potential impact of cuts to active travel funding on the Government's target for half of journeys to be walked or cycled by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	162530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>The total amount of funding needed to achieve the Government’s target for half of all journeys in towns and cities to be walked or cycled by 2030 depends on a wide range of factors. Since the first-ever statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS1) in 2017, the Government has made a great deal progress. Over the course of this Parliament, the Department expects over £3 billion to be invested in delivering safe and accessible walking and cycling infrastructure and providing training that gives people the skills and confidence to walk and cycle more as part of their everyday journeys.</p><p> </p><p>An assessment of the extent to which the Government is on track to meet the 2030 target will be made as part of the development of the third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS3) in due course.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/03/2023 12:17:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1603077

registered interest
date	10/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it remains his Department's policy to have targets on (a) half of all journeys being walked or cycled by 2030, (b) 55 per cent of primary school children walking to school by 2025 and (c) walking or cycling becoming the natural choice for shorter journeys by 2040.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	162531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s ambitions for walking and cycling up to 2025 and 2030 are outlined in the second statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS2) which was published in July 2022. The Strategy complements the Government’s Gear Change plan, which was published in July 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/03/2023 12:18:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1603119

registered interest
date	10/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding he plans to allocate to active travel from April 2021 to March 2025 from (a) active travel revenue and capital funds, (b) other Departmental programmes and (c) other central Government funding.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	162517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>Projected funding for active travel over this period was set out in the second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS2) published in July 2022. An update will be published in the next CWIS report to Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/03/2023 11:58:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1603120

registered interest
date	10/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on how many short journeys in towns and cities were (a) walked and (b) cycled in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	162518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department holds information on trips under 5 miles which are referred to as short journeys. This information is publicly available and derived from the National Travel Survey (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fview.officeapps.live.com%2Fop%2Fview.aspx%3Fsrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%252Fgovernment%252Fuploads%252Fsystem%252Fuploads%252Fattachment_data%252Ffile%252F1105866%252Fntsq09025.ods%26wdOrigin%3DBROWSELINK&amp;data=05%7C01%7CDominik.Lengauer%40dft.gov.uk%7C097745b2c2c54a72722708db24bd1658%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638144166762890707%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ZXNKAl%2BQhJdSsj11jvAojZEHOuhmDyM8Z%2F7lMJVPi%2Fs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">NTSQ09025</a>).</p><p> </p><p>In England, in 2020, the average person completed 243 trips under 5 miles by walking in towns and cities and cycled 15 trips under 5 miles in towns and cities. In England, in 2021, the average person completed 241 trips under 5 miles by walking in towns and cities and cycled 12 trips under 5 miles in towns and cities. Data covering 2022 will be published in summer 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/03/2023 09:46:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1603128

registered interest
date	10/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Batteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on proposals for a gigafactory in Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	162535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State regularly meets with the Chancellor to discuss a range of issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/03/2023 14:23:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1602774

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help increase participation in the cycle to work scheme.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	162217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department regularly promotes the cycle to work scheme, and in 2019 revised the scheme’s guidance so as to make it simpler for employers to offer it to their employees.</p><p> </p><p>The Department previously commissioned Business in the Community and Sustrans to publish best practice guidance for employers and local authorities, highlighting how employers can enable more of their staff to cycle to work using the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Officials from this Department and HM Revenue &amp; Customs are in regular contact on the scheme, and the Department regularly meets with the Cycle to Work Alliance in order to identify further opportunities to increase take-up of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/03/2023 16:13:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1602783

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the level of funding that will be required by Active Travel England to meet the target to increase the proportion of short journeys in towns and cities that are walked or cycled to 50 per cent by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	162218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department’s Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Active Travel Investment model estimates that a minimum of £5.5 billion is likely to be required to meet this objective.</p><p>The actual amount will depend on a wide variety of factors including the highly uncertain long-term impact of the pandemic on walking and cycling stages.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/03/2023 12:02:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1602785

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Finance
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 ensure that per capita spending by Active Travel England is distributed equitably between regions in England.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	162219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>Active Travel England provides funding to local authorities in England, outside London, based on several criteria. These include local authorities’ technical capability to deliver active travel projects, the quality of bids received and population levels.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/03/2023 16:49:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1602815

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure the aviation industry achieves net zero by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	162313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>DfT published the <em>Jet Zero Strategy</em> in 2022, setting out the Government’s approach to achieving net zero CO<sub>2</sub> emissions by 2050 (or “Jet Zero”) for UK aviation. The Strategy focuses on the rapid development of technologies in a way that maintains the benefits of air travel, whilst maximising the opportunities that decarbonisation brings for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy confirmed the Government’s aim for the UK to become a world-leader in zero emission flight and to build a thriving sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry. The Department’s target is to deliver at least 10% SAF in the UK jet fuel mix by 2030. On top of existing programmes and support, the Government has made £165 million available to support industry to accelerate the commercialisation of SAF plants in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also supporting the development of new and zero emission aircraft technology through the Aerospace Technology Institute and will provide £685 million of funding over the next three years, an increase of £235 million over the previous period.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy includes an in-sector CO<sub>2</sub> emissions reduction trajectory from 2025 to 2050, against which the Department will monitor the sector’s progress on an annual basis from 2025. The Department has also committed to reviewing the overall Strategy every five years, which will allow the Department to adapt it’s approach based on progress made.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/03/2023 12:07:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1602818

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Rural Areas
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 ways in which the (a) walking and (b) cycling requirements of rural communities differ from those of major urban centres; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of producing a revised version of existing guidance on cycle infrastructure design (LTN 1/20) on the ability of rural authorities including Worcestershire County Council to take steps to promote a modal shift to walking and cycling in their areas.
tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Harriett Baldwin
uin	162177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department has established Active Travel England (ATE) to help local authorities to develop appropriate walking, wheeling and cycling schemes, and to use Departmental guidance such as the ‘Manual for Streets’ and ‘LTN 1/20 Cycle Infrastructure Design’.</p><p> </p><p>ATE plans to develop specific additional guidance for rural settings by the end of the year. Officials of Active Travel England have recently met with officials at Worcestershire County Council to help them to support local priorities.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/03/2023 09:50:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin