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date	23/02/2021
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 his Department's report Gear Change, a bold vision for cycling and walking, when he plans open applications for local authorities to bid for funding to become (a) mini-Hollands and (b) zero-emission cities.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	157258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2021 answer text <p>Funding for, and announcements on, long-term commitments in Gear Change, including for 'mini-Hollands' and zero-emission cities, is subject to the forthcoming multi-year Spending Review, expected later this year. Decisions on how local authorities will be able to register interest in taking part in the selection process, and how the selection will be made, will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/03/2021 16:41:54 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1288895

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
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 his July 2020 report entitled Gear change: a bold vision for cycling and walking, what assessment he has made of the (a) minimum acceptable and (b) ideal width of a segregated cycle lane.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	157259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2021 answer text <p>Alongside the Gear Change plan, the Department published updated cycle infrastructure design guidance for local authorities to improve the quality, accessibility and safety of local cycle infrastructure schemes. The updated guidance is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycle-infrastructure-design-ltn-120" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycle-infrastructure-design-ltn-120</a> and it includes detailed advice on both of these points.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/03/2021 16:21:41 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1288906

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bicycles: Hire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report published by his Department in July 2020 entitled Gear Change, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to fund cycle hire schemes in cities outside London; and what steps his Department is taking to solve the last-mile problem to enable low-carbon multi-modal journeys.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	157260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2021 answer text <p>On 28 July 2020 the Prime Minister launched ambitious plans to boost cycling and walking. This included a £2 billion five-year package of funding for active travel, the bulk of which will go to local authorities across England to support schemes, including potentially cycle hire schemes, in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>The Spending Review in November confirmed that £257 million of dedicated funding would be made available next financial year to support cycling and walking schemes. Further details about how this funding will allocated will be announced in due course. Decisions on how best to support low-carbon last-mile journeys in their areas are matters for local highway and planning authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/03/2021 16:45:48 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1289038

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Foreign Companies: France
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department can provide to UK-based, French-owned companies who no longer benefit from French research and development tax credits for UK-based work.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	157261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2021 answer text <p>Firms within the charge to UK corporation tax, which undertake qualifying R&amp;D, may be able to claim R&amp;D tax reliefs via the Research and Development Expenditure Credit (RDEC) or the Small and medium sized enterprises (SME) R&amp;D Relief.</p><p> </p><p>Combined, these reliefs provided £5.1 billion of support to nearly 60,000 businesses in 2017-18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/03/2021 13:45:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones