PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Cycling (3 November 2014)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of passenger journeys in the UK were made by bicycle in each of the last five years; and what share of his Department's spending related to cycling in that time period.

Asked by:
Alison McGovern (Labour)

Answer

The table below shows the percentage of all trips made by bicycle between 2009 and 2013:

Average number of trips (trip rates) by main mode: England, to 2013
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Bicycle1615161714
All modes974961950950923
Cycling mode share % 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9

Soure: NTS, Last updated: 29 July 2014

During the five financial years 2010/11 to 2014/15, departmental spending on cycling is detailed in the table below:

Financial years 2010/11 - 2014/15 Direct funding £224 million
£million
Cycling Englad63.0
Cycling Cities & National Parks Fund94.0
Links to Schools & Linking Communities28.5
Cycle Safety Fund35.0
Cycle Rail14.5
Highways Agency4.8
Local Sustainable Transport Fund - Bikeability46.8
Local Sustainable Transport Fund - other cycling151.0
Total437.6

The £438 million on cycling spend represents 0.71% of the total departmental spend for those years.


Answered by:
Sir Robert Goodwill (Conservative)
6 November 2014

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