National Parks: Public Transport
(asked on 24th April 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much each national park authority spent on programmes to improve public transport access to national parks in 2017-18.
The total spent by the ten national park authorities in England (including the Broads Authority) on programmes to improve public transport access to national parks in the financial year 2017-18 is shown in the table below. These figures include ongoing support for transport services as well as projects to improve existing access.
National park authority | 2017-18 spending (£)[1] |
Broads Authority | 732 |
Dartmoor | 2,500 |
Exmoor | 0 |
Lake District | 21,186 |
New Forest | 52,015 |
North York Moors | 26,000 |
Northumberland | 12,000 |
Peak District | 4,000 |
South Downs | 0 |
Yorkshire Dales | 0 |
Total | 118,433 |
In addition to this total, national park authorities report £49,001 of indirect spend aimed at users of public and sustainable transport in national parks
[1] Figures provided by national park authorities.