PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Cycling and Walking: Finance (15 January 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 291096 on Cycling and Walking: Finance, what additional funding will be allocated for (a) walking and (b) cycling to meet Government targets for levels of activity in those areas.

Asked by:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)

Answer

The levels of funding for cycling and walking in future years will be matters for the forthcoming Budget and Spending Review, further details of which will be announced in due course. The Government is committed to investing in cycling and walking to achieve the aims set out in the 2017 statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS), and the manifesto included a commitment to create a new £350 million cycling infrastructure fund.


Answered by:
Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative)
21 January 2020

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