Cycling: Expenditure

(asked on 23rd October 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) central and (b) total public expenditure was on cycling per head by region in 2023-24.


Answered by
Simon Lightwood Portrait
Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 28th October 2024

The Department does not hold data detailing public expenditure on cycling per head by region. Details of Active Travel England expenditure on walking and cycling combined by region for 2023/24 is contained in the table below. This expenditure is in addition to a range of wider funds detailed in the second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS2) which collectively totals over £3 billion.

Region

Total 23-24

Total per head

East Midlands

£6,469,180

£1.33

East of England

£10,023,340

£1.58

North East

£9,695,666

£3.66

North West

£16,117,470

£2.17

South East

£21,228,834

£2.29

South West

£8,005,394

£1.40

West Midlands

£15,332,363

£2.58

Yorkshire and The Humber

£15,860,482

£2.89

Total

£102,732,729

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