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1603526

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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 steps he plans to take to meet the Government's target for 50 per cent of journeys in towns and cities to be undertaken through active travel by 2030.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	163808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 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. Many of the steps the Government is taking to boost walking and cycling were also outlined in the Government’s Gear Change plan, published in July 2020. A total of around £3 billion of Government funding is projected to be invested into active travel over this Parliament. This includes at least £100m of dedicated capital funding over the two-year period 2023/24 to 2024/25, and an expected £850m of dedicated capital funding over the first three years of this Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/03/2023 14:54:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

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

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

1584622

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 6 July 2022 on Second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, HCWS184, what progress the Government has made on the objectives of (a) doubling cycling and (b) increasing levels of walking across the community by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	140383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>In the 2022/23 - 2024/25 Spending Review period £710m was allocated for active travel. This is subject to post-Autumn Statement departmental business planning decisions. The Department has spent over £500m to date on active travel over the period 2021/22 to 2022/23.</p><p>The second ‘Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS) Report to Parliament’, published in July 2022, provides the most comprehensive report on progress towards meeting the 2025 objectives. The report also details how the Department’s CWIS Investment Model has been used to estimate the impact of anticipated spending on walking and cycling levels up to 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 140382 140384 question first answered 09/02/2023 16:04:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1584623

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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 estimates he has made of the funding needed to meet the objectives of (a) doubling cycling by 2025, (b) increasing walking trips by 2025, and (c) increasing the proportion of trips in towns and cities that are walked or cycled to 50% by 2030; and if he will publish the evidence on which those estimates are based.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	140384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>In the 2022/23 - 2024/25 Spending Review period £710m was allocated for active travel. This is subject to post-Autumn Statement departmental business planning decisions. The Department has spent over £500m to date on active travel over the period 2021/22 to 2022/23.</p><p>The second ‘Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS) Report to Parliament’, published in July 2022, provides the most comprehensive report on progress towards meeting the 2025 objectives. The report also details how the Department’s CWIS Investment Model has been used to estimate the impact of anticipated spending on walking and cycling levels up to 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 140382 140383 question first answered 09/02/2023 16:04:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1546861

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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, if he will publish an updated long-term cycling and walking plan for the remaining period of this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	99755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government’s ambitions for walking and cycling up to 2024/5 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 05/12/2022 09:23:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1541663

registered interest
date	11/11/2022
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, if it remains his policy to implement support for active travel as outlined in his Department's Gear Change document.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	84995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>In July 2022, the Government published the second statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS2), reaffirming its commitment to active travel and setting out the objectives and the financial resources in place to achieve these for the period 2021 to 2025.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2022, the Department formally established Active Travel England as an Executive Agency. Active Travel England is already overseeing the delivery of £200 million of active travel schemes this financial year, and is rapidly recruiting its core staff, as well as putting in place its formal governance structures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/11/2022 09:27:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1539989

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
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, with reference to the National Travel Survey: 2021, published August 2022, what assessment he has made of implications for his policies of the decreasing level of active travel in 2021 relative to 2020; and what steps he is taking to encourage more (a) walking and (b) cycling trips in (i) London and (ii) the rest of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	80808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>We look carefully at long-term travel statistics when planning future transport needs. Whilst it is important to examine the period of the pandemic when doing so, it is also important to bear in mind that, for most people, travel then was very different to that in normal times.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to support active travel and has invested unprecedented sums in walking and cycling since the start of the pandemic. In London, this is a matter for the Mayor, and the Department’s recent funding settlement with Transport for London will enable it to continue to invest in improving London's streets by investing over £80 million per year in schemes to enable more walking and cycling.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/11/2022 10:45:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1540143

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
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 recent steps the Government has taken to increase the level of active travel in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	80927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>In July 2022, the Government published the second statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS2), reaffirming its commitment to active travel and setting out the objectives and the financial resources in place to achieve these for the period 2021 to 2025.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2022, the Department formally established Active Travel England as an Executive Agency. Active Travel England is already overseeing the delivery of £200 million of active travel schemes this financial year, and is due shortly to make an announcement on future active travel funding for local authorities. It is rapidly recruiting its core staff, as well as putting in place its formal governance structures.</p><p> </p><p>Other recent steps include the announcement in August 2022 of a number of social prescribing pilot schemes in eleven local authority areas. These will help join up the active travel and health agendas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/11/2022 14:49:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1540280

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
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 steps his Department has taken to prioritise active travel since September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	80881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department has continued to prioritise its work on active travel, and the last two months have seen significant amounts of recruitment into key Active Travel England (ATE) roles, as well as a process to select ATE’s non-executive directors. ATE also announced in October that it had established a new advisory panel consisting of Chief Medical Officer Sir Christopher Whitty; Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street; Chair of the Office for Rail and Road Declan Collier; and Arup's Global Transport Lead Isabel Dedring. ATE has also continued to work behind the scenes with local authorities to review their active travel plans and help maximise their chances of securing funding for active travel schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/11/2022 15:17:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan