Asked by: Lord Moynihan (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the over £1 billion of Government funding for local authorities to support cycling and walking from 2017–22 has been spent; which local authorities received funding; and in which years.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
On 7 February 2020, the Department published a detailed breakdown of annual investment in cycling and walking from 2016/17 to 2018/19 alongside the first report on progress made towards delivering the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS). This included information on how much funding each local authority received over that period for active travel schemes.
The Department will publish a further report to Parliament shortly which will include a breakdown of annual investment in cycling and walking over 2019/20 and 2020/21 from a wide range of funding sources. It will also make an announcement shortly on the capital funding that was allocated to local authorities in 2021/22.
Copies of the previous report to Parliament and funding breakdowns by local authority covering the years up to 2018/19 are available in the House Libraries.
A summary of the capital funding provided to each local authority in 2020/21 under the Active Travel Fund is set out in table 1 attached. A summary of the revenue funding provided to each local authority in 2021/22 under the Capability Fund is set out in Table 2 attached.
Asked by: Lord Moynihan (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children have received cycling proficiency training through the Bikeability scheme since 2017.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
Between 2017/18 and 2020/21 a total of 1,376,657 Bikeability training places were delivered using DfT funding, in England outside London. Cycle training in London is a matter for the Mayor of London and the Department does not hold figures for the number of training places delivered there.
Figures for 2021/22 will be published in Summer 2022 and will be available on the Bikeability website at https://www.bikeability.org.uk/about/funding-and-delivery.
Asked by: Lord Moynihan (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the Cycle City Ambition scheme to be completed.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Cycle City Ambition Programme was completed in 2018.
Asked by: Lord Moynihan (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government which 10 local authorities have received the most money for the National Cycle Network; and how much has been spent by all local authorities over the last five years on improving this network
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
Over the last five years, the Government has awarded Sustrans £77 million in grant funding to improve the safety and accessibility of the National Cycle Network (NCN). As custodians of the Network, Sustrans works with local authorities and other partners such as the Canal and River Trust to identify priorities for investment in the NCN, and channels funding to partners to deliver these upgrades. The table below lists the 10 local authority areas which have received, or are forecast to receive, the greatest level of investment in NCN routes from the overall £77 million.
| Local Authority Area | Total value of projects |
1 | Warwickshire County Council | £5,676,163.00 |
2 | West Midlands Combined Authority | £3,151,051.97 |
3 | South Yorkshire Combined Authority | £2,677,552.00 |
4 | The West of England Combined Authority | £2,215,047.82 |
6 | Buckinghamshire Council | £2,084,000.00 |
7 | Durham County Council | £2,000,181.50 |
8 | Staffordshire County Council, | £1,677,215.94 |
9 | Derbyshire County Council | £1,650,680.00 |
10 | Dorset County Council | £1,520,811.00 |
Over and above the funding provided to Sustrans, the Government has also provided local authorities with significant amounts of capital funding to support active travel. It is for authorities to determine how best to use this in their areas, including whether or not to spend any of it to improve routes which include stretches of the NCN, and the Department does not therefore hold an aggregate figure for total spend on the NCN over this period.
Asked by: Lord Moynihan (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the 200 sections of the English road network scheduled for improvement for cyclists in 2017 have been completed; and what is the schedule for future investment.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
National Highways is committed to supporting active travel and making the Strategic Road Network (SRN), comprising our motorways and principal A-Roads, accessible and safer for cyclists, by delivering 200 new cycling facilities and improved crossing points between 2016 and 2021. A total number of 160 cycling schemes and 438 new or upgraded crossings for cyclists, pedestrians and/or horse-riders (211 new and 227 upgraded) have been delivered up to March 2020.
Whilst not targeted in the second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2) (2020 to 2025), National Highways is committed to improving the SRN’s impact on cyclists, walkers and other vulnerable users. Designated Funds form a part of National Highways’ contribution to this, through the Walkers Cyclists and Horse riders’ theme within its User and Community fund.
Through Designated Funds, National Highways is providing new infrastructure for road users, and enhancing existing facilities, through targeted local investment. National Highways has invested £45.3 million since April 2020 and has a further £24 million of approved projects for delivery.
Asked by: Lord Moynihan (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received from the South Bank Employers Group in relation to convoys of supercharged vehicles with modified exhaust systems driving through residential areas of central London; what assessment they have made of any such representations; and what steps they intend to take in response to these representations.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Department’s records do not show any correspondence or representations received from the South Bank Employers Group in relation to convoys of vehicles with modified exhaust systems.
Asked by: Lord Moynihan (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they are monitoring the UN International Maritime Organisation 2020 regulation on the reduction of sulphur levels for marine fuels for most coastal and international waters from 3.5 per cent by weight to 0.5 per cent.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
Sulphur levels in marine fuels are monitored by carrying out sulphur inspections and sulphur sampling on board ships which call at UK ports. Fuel samples are drawn from ships and sent for testing to ensure that the sulphur levels are in compliance with EU and international requirements.
Asked by: Lord Moynihan (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
Her Majesty's Government when they envisage completing the implementation of the licensing regime for spaceports in the UK; and, if completion will not take place until 2020 or later, what consideration they have given to expediting that process.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Regulators will be in a position to start accepting licence applications for spaceports and spaceflight activities once the Space Industry Bill has been enacted and the supporting secondary legislation and guidance are in place.
Our intention is to lay the main statutory instruments in summer 2019, subject to Government priorities and Parliamentary time. This allows time for the necessary detailed policy development, consultation and drafting of secondary legislation and guidance to support a robust and effective licensing regime. This will be done in close liaison with industry and other stakeholders.
Asked by: Lord Moynihan (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
Her Majesty's Government what steps need to be taken before they are able to lay secondary legislation before Parliament for the licensing of spaceports in the UK; and when they intend to lay that secondary legislation.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Regulators will be in a position to start accepting licence applications for spaceports and spaceflight activities once the Space Industry Bill has been enacted and the supporting secondary legislation and guidance are in place.
Our intention is to lay the main statutory instruments in summer 2019, subject to Government priorities and Parliamentary time. This allows time for the necessary detailed policy development, consultation and drafting of secondary legislation and guidance to support a robust and effective licensing regime. This will be done in close liaison with industry and other stakeholders.