(5 years, 9 months ago)
Commons ChamberIn 2010 the funding levels that we inherited from the previous Government stood at about £2.50 per person, and they are now about £7.55 per person. We would like to get that spending a lot higher if we can, as we fully agree about the merits and benefits of cycling and walking. However, funding is now three times the amount that we inherited from the Government who had governed for 13 years.
(6 years, 11 months ago)
Commons ChamberWe are very closely studying the report by Transport for the North—a soon to be statutory body—and we will look at that scheme alongside others.